Trudeau cancels dinner invite to convicted Khalistani terrorist
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New Delhi: After a controversy erupted over an invite extended to Jaspal Atwal, a convicted Khalistani terrorist, Canadian high commissioner Nadir Patel has canceled Thursday night's dinner invitation.
Patel was hosting the dinner for the visiting Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation.
"The High Commission has rescinded Mr Atwal's invitation? We do not comment of matters relating to the PM's security?," the Canadian High Commission here said.
Atwal was convicted for trying to kill the then Punjab minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu in Vancouver in 1986.
A controversy had erupted after a photograph surfaced online in which Atwal is seen posing with the Trudeau's wife during an event in Mumbai on February 20
The cancellation comes at a time when Trudeau's pro-Khalistan approach is being criticized by many including Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, who raised the issue with the Canadian prime minister during a meeting.
On his part, Trudeau assured Singh that his country does not support separatism in India or elsewhere.