Modi scolds Trudeau over Sikh protests in Canada against India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed strong concerns about protests in Canada against India to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, according a statement by India.

Peaceful protests are allowed in Canada.

Peaceful protests are allowed in Canada.

They are allowed in India too.

The Sikhs protested peacefully in India for over a year to repeal the farm laws which Modi government introduced and finally had their way.

Trudeau's departure from the G20 summit was delayed on Sunday by a technical problem with the Canadian delegation's aircraft, a statement from the prime minister's office said. The delegation will stay in India until alternate arrangements are made, it added.

Trudeau having to fly home coach?

Peaceful protests are allowed in Canada.

I understand the basic principle as a fundamental human right but really, shouldn't immigrants and their offspring leave their old grudges behind in their old countries when they immigrate to someplace like Canada or the US? You came to the US, Canada, Australia or wherever to get away from that situation. Now leave it. I know I don't want my own country getting dragged into that kind of dispute.

It is also noteworthy that someone like Mr. Modi just cannot stand it when a group publicly critizes his rule from someplace he, his party and his government, cannot seek revenge upon. His bulldozers don't reach Canada and that fact enrages him. Too bad.

Folks will soon come here to comment on things they don't have any idea about.

But the fact is that Canadian governments of both stripes and long avoided doing anything about the Khalistanis in order to pander to the Sikh votes.

Ajaib Singh Bagri, the terrorist responsible for Canada's worst terrorist attack, the 1985 Kanishka bombing, roams free. Ripudaman Singh Malik also used to till he was killed last year.

Khalistan is a pipedream, which these Canadian Sikhs who had migrated to Canada in the 1970s and 1980s at the height of the separatist movement, cling to.

It's a lost cause because the Indian Sikhs have already moved on from those heady days and now are more patriotic than the rest of the Indians.

And yes, Modi’s government could have ignored the Canadian Sikhs making fun of the assassination of Indira Gandhi since they are against the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty anyways.

But it is to their credit that they are bringing this issue up.

If India started eulogizing Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of JFK, then for sure there would be a flurry of protests from the US.

shouldn't immigrants and their offspring leave their old grudges behind in their old countries when they immigrate to someplace like Canada or the US? You came to the US, Canada, Australia or wherever to get away from that situation. Now leave it. I know I don't want my own country getting dragged into that kind of dispute.

Exactly.

But the minority of the Sikhs who migrated to Canada during the heady days of Punjab separatism can not get over it because for them, its a lost cause which they keep on clinging to.

And its made worse by the Canadian government who pander to the Sikh votes.

It is also noteworthy that someone like Mr. Modi just cannot stand it when a group publicly critizes his rule

The Canadian Sikhs are not just criticizing his rule but the control of India over Punjab. This when the majority of Indian Sikhs want nothing to do with the Khalistan pipedream.

Modi’s government has often treated Sikhs as a model minority. But yes, if their ideology is that of a Hindu nation it's difficult to build trust with any minority. It’s natural for the Indian Sikhs to ask that if India is a Hindu nation as per the BJP why was it wrong for them to dream of Khalistan many decades ago.

Modi used to be more humble and quiet, now he’s slowly getting a bit more pushy and demanding, not liking where this is going with this guy.

It will be interesting to see if Modi tries to meddle in the internal legal system of the state of California.

California's legislature has become the first in the US to approve a bill banning caste discrimination. 

Legislators said the measure would protect people of South Asian descent who allege unfair treatment.

The governor must now decide whether to sign the bill into law. Seattle became the first US city to ban caste discrimination in February. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66736708

It will be interesting to see if Modi tries to meddle in the internal legal system of the state of California.

No, definitely not like China’s interference in the US.

@bass Modi used to be more humble and quiet

When was that? not during the Gujarat riots of 2002, nor during time when mobs supporting him burned churches.

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230122-india-blocks-documentary-probing-modi-s-role-in-2002-gujarat-riots

Modi is able to act this way because Trudeau is not respected anywhere, internationally or domestically.

Trudeau is not respected anywhere, internationally or domestically.

If you allow a flood of immigrants into your country just to become a liberal icon then who will respect you.

And these immigrants bring their own baggage from their origin countries which creates more problems for the host nation.

I am not against controlled legal immigration which works both for immigrants and for the nations they migrate to. But take it to the extreme and you end up with Canada.

Apart from the worst terrorist attack that Canada has faced, a lot of these gems are also responsible for the Lower Mainland gang conflict.

California's legislature has become the first in the US to approve a bill banning caste discrimination. 

The legislation originates from the volume of complaints filed with the state accusing employers of Indian ethnicity of discriminating against and abusing lower cast ethnic Indian employees. It is apparently a significant problem within the tech industry.

@Desert Tortoise Exactly right, and many of those facing discrimination based on caste identify in California are US citizens.

Those people Modi is condemning were Canadians although their ancestors were Sikhs.

When was that?

Recently.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/modi-the-controversial-nationalist-leader-of-a-booming-india/ar-AA1gvUiE

Recently.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/arundhati-roy-biden-macron-know-whats-going-on-in-india-but-wont-talk

Also recently

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/11/g20-summit-what-india-showed-the-world-and-what-it