{"id":247850,"date":"2023-06-14T19:59:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247850"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:29:44","slug":"musings-on-the-frictions-in-india-canada-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/musings-on-the-frictions-in-india-canada-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings on the frictions in India-Canada ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cMusings on the frictions in India-Canada ties\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d <\/strong>on <strong>14th June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS2- Bilateral groupings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance-<\/strong> India and Canada bilateral relationship<\/p>\n<p><strong>News- <\/strong>During a pro-Khalistan parade on June 4 in Brampton, Canada, there was a tableau that depicted a lady clad in a white sari, who was bloodied, with two soldiers training their guns on her. The lady represented one of India\u2019s ex-Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the role played by the Indian diaspora in Candian domestic politics and how is it effecting India-Canada relations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>ethnic Indian community<\/strong>, including the Sikhs, plays an important role in <strong>Canada\u2019s public life.<\/strong> There are currently <strong>some ethnic Indians<\/strong> in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>At the press conference, Mr. Jaishankar indirectly mentioned Canada\u2019s indulgence of <strong>Khalistani elements <\/strong>and attributed it to <strong>\u2018vote bank\u2019 politics. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trudeau commented on farmers\u2019 agitation which was a purely <strong>domestic Indian issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trudeau is critically dependent on the <strong>New Democratic Party<\/strong> for his government\u2019s survival. Jagmeet Singh, the NDP leader, is a committed <strong>Khalistani sympathiser. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He had also asked Mr. Trudeau to intervene in the events in Punjab surrounding <strong>radical preacher Amritpal Singh\u2019s activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the new Indian political class\u2019s approaches towards the diaspora which has gained political, financial and professional success in many countries?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It has become a<strong> pillar of foreign policy<\/strong>, especially in the present dispensation. It also used Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s popularity with a vast section of the diaspora to impress <strong>domestic public opinion. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wherever the diaspora is politically important, local politicians want to use Mr. Modi\u2019s popularity for their <strong>political purposes<\/strong>. The latest example is Mr. Modi\u2019s diaspora rally during his recent visit to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Following Mr. Modi\u2019s example, other Indian political players will also now play <strong>diaspora politics. <\/strong>The Congress\u2019s Rahul Gandhi\u2019s recent visit to the United States is a case in point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cMusings on the frictions in India-Canada ties\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 14th June 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Bilateral groupings Relevance- India and Canada bilateral relationship News- During a pro-Khalistan parade on June 4 in Brampton, Canada, there was a tableau that depicted a lady clad in a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/musings-on-the-frictions-in-india-canada-ties\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Musings on the frictions in India-Canada ties<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-247850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}