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Prime Minister Modi congratulated Mark Carney on his election victory.
This acknowledges a shift in India-Canada relations after strained ties.
Tensions had peaked underneath Trudeau over his help to extremists, separatists.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned one of many first leaders on the earth to congratulate Mark Carney and his Liberal Get together for successful Canada’s parliamentary elections. This marks the primary gesture or acknowledgement from the Indian authorities in direction of Canada because the strained bilateral ties left by the Justin Trudeau administration.
In his message to Mr Carney, who is about to proceed as Canada’s prime minister, PM Modi wrote he seems to be ahead to working with the brand new chief of Canada. He underscored that India and Canada are “certain by shared democratic values, a steadfast dedication to the rule of legislation, and vibrant people-to-people ties”, including that collectively they’ll “strengthen our partnership and unlock better alternatives for our folks.”
Congratulations @MarkJCarney in your election because the Prime Minister of Canada and to the Liberal Get together on their victory. India and Canada are certain by shared democratic values, a steadfast dedication to the rule of legislation, and vibrant people-to-people ties. I sit up for working…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 29, 2025
MENDING FROSTY TIES
The bilateral ties between India and Canada are at its lowest level ever after a major escalation in tensions between the 2 nations over Justin Trudeau’s insurance policies, which instantly threatened India’s nationwide safety, as Mr Trudeau, then prime minister, helped promote extremism, hatred, and separatism underneath the garb of “freedom of speech and expression” – one thing India strongly disapproved.
The scenario worsened when Prime Minister Trudeau’s administration didn’t act on complaints by Indian diplomats and excessive fee staff who had been being threatened by extremists. The ultimate nail within the coffin was when Trudeau’s administration began blaming the Indian Excessive Commissioner and different workers over the killings of pro-‘Khalistan’ terrorists, calling them “individuals of curiosity” within the investigation, and later declaring them ‘persona non grata’ as India recalled them.
In a tit-for-tat transfer, India and Canada expelled senior excessive fee workers and decreased the general variety of diplomats in each nations. Since then, the ties are in a deep freeze.
TRUDEAU GONE, REASON FOR HOPE
However with Trudeau stepping down final month, giving strategy to Mark Carney, the latter stated which can be alternatives to fix the ties with India, who he stated is a vital ally. He had stated final month that ought to he stay prime minister after the federal polls in April, he’ll search to enhance ties with New Delhi.
The Liberal Get together, which has now been elected for a 3rd consecutive time period in workplace, must make a major shift in insurance policies laid out by Justin Trudeau in its endeavour to repair the Canada-India relationship.
India too, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, goals to “strengthen our partnership” with Canada. With Mark Carney’s Liberal Get together inches away from a majority authorities, the brand new prime minister would seemingly not want the help of Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Get together, which has a historical past of propagating the ‘Khalistan’ separatist ideology.
‘KHALISTAN’ IDEOLOGY REJECTED
Jagmeet Singh stepped down at this time because the chief of the NDP after a humiliating defeat in his personal stronghold of British Columbia. Removed from a win that he hoped for, he got here in a distant third within the race, together with his celebration additionally struggling a crushing loss throughout Canada.
His celebration has been decreased to single digits and would not be capable of arm-twist a minority authorities prefer it did the final time.