Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and was hopeful of rekindling India-Canada relations after an extended diplomatic chill. “I stay up for working with you to strengthen our partnership and unlock better alternatives for our folks,” PM Modi acknowledged in an official launch.
Emphasising widespread democratic values and shut diaspora connections, Modi additional acknowledged, “India and Canada are certain by shared democratic values, a steadfast dedication to the rule of legislation, and vibrant people-to-people ties.”
Congratulations @MarkJCarney in your election because the Prime Minister of Canada and to the Liberal Celebration on their victory. India and Canada are certain by shared democratic values, a steadfast dedication to the rule of legislation, and vibrant people-to-people ties. I stay up for working…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 29, 2025
The outreach is towards the backdrop of extraordinarily strained bilateral relations, which have been precipitated by Canadian allegations of Indian complicity within the 2023 homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar—a Canadian nationwide and high-profile Khalistan separatist—exterior Vancouver. New Delhi has categorically dismissed the fees, which resulted in a reciprocal expulsion of diplomats and a freezing of diplomatic relations.
Canada homes the nation’s largest Sikh inhabitants exterior India, and Ottawa’s response to pro-Khalistan actions has been a continued supply of controversy. India has been pushing for tighter motion towards the separatist motion, banned within the nation and linked to acts of terror such because the assassination of an Indian prime minister and the bombing of Air India in 1985.
Carney’s management might present a chance for recent dialogue, with New Delhi indicating a need to proceed, topic to the decision of key safety points.