Canadian PMO does damage control |
Things appear to be going from bad to worse for Justin Trudeau on his maiden trip to India as Canada`s Prime Minister.He had barely dug himself out of a hole on the issue of supporting Khalistani separatists by proclaiming he was in favour of a united India, and by meeting with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, when he landed in the midst of another controversy today over an invite to a convicted Khalistani terrorist for a dinner at the Canadian High Commissioner`s in Delhi. The Canadian Prime Minister`s Office (PMO) quickly cancelled that invite to the terrorist Jaspal Atwal. But the damage had been done, because not only was there the issue of the invite, turns out Atwal had also been photographed with Trudeau`s wife Sophie at an event in Mumbai earlier this week.Atwal, a member of the now-banned International Sikh Youth Federation, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to kill the then Punjab cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu on Vancouver Island in 1986. Atwal later even confessed he was the shooter. The Canadian PMO was also at pains to clarify that Atwal wasn`t part of the official Canadian delegation and was in India in his private capacity.
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