India-Canada Relations / India resumes e-Visa services for Canadian citizens – will relations improve?

India-Canada Relations: The murmur of improving relations between India and Canada has intensified. Actually, India has again started e-Visa services for Canadian citizens. This information has come out quoting sources. In September, the ongoing tension between India and Canada led to the expulsion of diplomats from both the countries. After which India suspended visa service for Canada.

Why did there be a dispute between India and Canada?

Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a Gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia in June. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had blamed Indian agents for this murder and said that they had a hand in this murder. However, India had vehemently denied these allegations.

India tried to improve relations

It is noteworthy that PM Modi and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau are going to meet for the first time after the India-Canada dispute. This meeting of the two leaders is going to take place in the virtual summit of G-20. In such a situation, even before the meeting, India's move is being discussed everywhere that it has extended the hand of friendship. On September 21, India had banned e-Visa service for Canadian citizens.

Jaishankar's statement came out recently on the murder of Nijjar

Recently, Foreign Minister S. on the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. Jaishankar's statement had come out. He had said on Wednesday that India is not refusing any investigation. Along with this, he asked him to provide evidence on Canada's allegations of involvement of Indian Government agents in the murder of Nijjar. Jaishankar made this comment in response to questions at an event titled 'How a Billion People See the World' with journalist Lionel Barber in London.

Jaishankar, who arrived in London on a 5-day official visit to Britain, while replying to a question said, 'If you have any reason to make such an allegation then please share the evidence because we are not refusing the investigation.' He said this. But stressed that Canada has not shared any evidence with India to support its allegation. Relations between India and Canada became strained following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations in September regarding the 'possible' involvement of an Indian agent in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia, Canada. India had declared Nijjar a terrorist in 2020.