INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by next Tuesday, October 10, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Ties between
India and Canada have become seriously strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in
Canada of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who India had labeled a &terrorist&.India has dismissed the
allegation as absurd.The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the Indian demand, said India had threatened to revoke the diplomatic
immunity of those diplomats told to leave who remained after Oct
10.Canada has 62 diplomats in India and India had said that the total should be reduced by 41, the newspaper said.The Indian and Canadian
foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment, Reuters reported.Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
said earlier there was a &climate of violence& and an &atmosphere of intimidation& against Indian diplomats in Canada, where the presence of
Sikh separatist groups has frustrated New Delhi.The post India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats first appeared on Ariana News.
