On Eve of Trudeau’s India Trip, Sajjan, Sohi Dismiss Claims of Sikh Nationalism

On Eve of Trudeau’s India Trip, Sajjan, Sohi Dismiss Claims of Sikh Nationalism
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan fields questions during a news conference at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax on Nov. 19, 2017. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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OTTAWA—Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan calls it “ridiculous” and “offensive” that a magazine in India is accusing Canada of being complicit in a rise in Sikh terrorism.

Sajjan and fellow Sikh minister Amarjit Sohi are making it clear they neither sympathize with nor espouse the Sikh nationalist movement, which is bent on creating a separate country called Khalistan within Indias Punjab region.