February 22, 2018

Just when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seemed to have smoothed out the rough patches in his relationship with India, he ignited another firestorm by inviting a convicted terrorist from a Sikh separatist movement to dinner.

The Canadian government swiftly rescinded the invitation to Indo-Canadian businessman Jaspal Atwal, claiming an unexplained failure in the vetting process was responsible for his invitation to a dinner reception in New Delhi.

Atwal and three accomplices were convicted of attempted murder against Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a minister from the Punjab province, which separatists believe should be detached from India and converted into a Sikh religious state called “Khalistan.” Another team of Sikh militants eventually succeeded in murdering Sidhu five years later.

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http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/02/22/trudeau-administration-invites-sikh-terrorist-dinner-retracts-invitation-uproar/