Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s maiden India visit plunged into another controversy on Thursday over a dinner invitation to convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal.
Khalistan Row : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and hold an extended bilateral meeting along with a group of his ministers, even as his maiden India visit plunged into another controversy on Thursday because of a dinner invitation to convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal by the Canadian High Commissioner to India.
On Friday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and his family at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Greeting the visiting head of state, PM Modi gave Trudeau his infamous bear hug.
After his meeting with Prime Minister Modi, the Canadian Prime Minister will also meet the heads of India Inc in a round-table event.
Trudeau’s Khalistani problem continues to dog him, while the Canadian media has said that he has been given the cold shoulder by the Indian government, even as the latter has denied any such speculation. For his part, Trudeau on Thursday said that Atwal should never have been invited.
While the controversy raged, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening welcomed Trudeau on his visit and said he looked forward to meeting him on Friday. In a separate tweet, Modi said that he hoped Trudeau had an enjoyable visit to India so far and that he particularly looked forward to meeting Trudeau’s three children Xavier, Ella-Grace, and Hadrien.
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