.WHEN INDIA obtained freedom from Britain in 1947, handful of outside the country strongly believed that a union of such diverse states could possibly hold together. India has actually made it through– yet certainly not without dangers to its own oneness. Among one of the most long-lasting has been actually the Khalistan activity, which finds to develop a private home for Sikhs.
On September 18th Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, affirmed that Indian government representatives lagged the murder, in June, of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh leader who maintained self-reliance for Khalistan. India’s federal government, which denies any involvement, has accused Canada of harbouring “terrorists and separationists”. Just how severe is actually the Khalistan motion?