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+Relations between India and Canada have been rocky for some time. But this week, they hit new lows.
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+After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused India of assassinating a Canadian Sikh in British Columbia, India angrily denied the charges. Both countries are up in arms, and the diplomatic row shows no sign of easing anytime soon.
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+We asked a pair of commentators, Barkha Dutt from India and David Moscrop from Canada, to give us a sense of the mood in their respective countries. — Damir Marusic
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+Barkha Dutt: India and Canada stand at the precipice of a breakdown in relations. Trudeau has only himself to blame.
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+The Canadian prime minister’s habit of turning a blind eye toward extremism in his country — secessionists who violently advocate for Khalistan, a separate homeland for Sikhs — has made him the most disliked world leader in India.
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+His claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indian government is behind the murder of one such person — Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the leader of the self-proclaimed Khalistan Tiger Force, and a designated terrorist in India — has cemented his poor reputation.
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+Nijjar was wanted for multiple crimes in India. In 2016, Indian authorities filed a red notice with Interpol for his arrest. On June 18, he was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Sikh temple by unidentified assailants. At the time, some Canadian journalists pointed to internecine battles within Khalistani groups. “It has all the makings of a gangland hit,” Terry Milewski, an expert on the global Khalistan network, told me.
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+Now, almost four months later, Trudeau is declaring Nijjar’s death an assassination. To Indians, the timing is as suspect as the claim.