In congratulatory message to Modi, Justin Trudeau invokes ‘human rights, diversity, rule of law’
The Canadian prime minister said that Ottawa was ready to improve its relationship with New Delhi.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his win in the Lok Sabha elections.
A message posted by Trudeau’s office on X quoted him as saying, “Canada stands ready to work with [Modi’s] government to advance the relationship between our nations’ peoples—anchored to human rights, diversity, and the rule of law.”
While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is likely to form the government at the Centre, the Hindutva party itself failed to secure the majority in the Lower House of Parliament, with its final tally at 240 seats. The final tally of the National Democratic Alliance was 292 seats.
A party or coalition requires 272 seats in the 543-member Lower House of Parliament to do so.
Modi is expected to be sworn in on June 8, according to media reports.
Trudeau’s congratulatory message comes amidst strained diplomatic ties between India and Canada, which broke down last year after the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver.
In September, Canadian prime minister told his country’s parliament that intelligence agencies were actively pursuing “credible allegations” tying agents of the Indian government to Nijjar’s murder.
Nijjar was a supporter of Khalistan, an independent Sikh nation sought by some groups. He was the head of the Khalistan Tiger...
