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The Daily

Canada Confronts India Over Alleged Assassination

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence. The relationship between two democratic allies fell to its lowest point in history this week, after Canada accused India of assassinating a Sikh community leader in British Columbia in June. Mujib Mashal, The Times’s South Asia bureau chief, explains this stunning accusation — and what India’s reaction to it tells us about the era of its leader, Narendra Modi. Guest: Mujib Mashal, The New York Times’s bureau chief for South Asia.

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tevernici, and this is The Daily.

0:14.7

The relationship between two Democratic allies fell to its lowest point in history this

0:19.6

week, after Canada accused India of being involved in the assassination of a Canadian citizen

0:27.1

on Canadian soil.

0:29.3

Today, my colleague, South Asia Bureau Chief, Magi Mishal, on this stunning allegation,

0:35.6

and on what India's reaction tells us about the era of its leader, Narendra Muri.

0:45.5

It's Thursday, September 21st.

0:48.2

So, would you tell me about the accusations that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

0:59.8

made on Monday?

1:01.5

Prime Minister Trudeau got on the floor of the parliament Monday afternoon.

1:05.8

Mr. Speaker, today I'm rising to inform the House of an extremely serious matter.

1:12.8

And he said he had something very serious to share.

1:15.4

For the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible

1:21.5

allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing

1:28.1

of a Canadian citizen.

1:30.2

That his government had information linking agents of the Indian government with a killing

1:37.8

of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.

1:42.7

And he named the individual.

1:46.1

How to keep seeing Najar?

1:48.9

It is contrary to the fundamental rules by which free, open, and democratic societies conduct

1:56.5

themselves.

1:57.8

And Trudeau was very visibly incensed, and he made clear that this was an issue.

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