India-Canada Relationship In "Deep Crisis, Its Worst Ever": Experts
Relations between India and Canada have strained after Ottawa claimed that Indian agents may have been involved in the murder of a Khalistani terrorist. | Mutual recriminations since that accusation, which India strongly denies, have strained ties between the two countries - close for almost a century and with extensive links through the Sikh community - to their worst in memory. ● And while India's relaxation on visas may have raised some expectations of improved relations, it was not a breakthrough, as neither side has much incentive to hasten a return to normalcy, officials and experts in both countries said. ● Neither New Delhi nor Ottawa looks likely to take dramatic steps to reconcile soon as Canada's murder investigation proceeds and Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for Indian national elections by May.