Trudeau will not meet Capt Amarinder during Punjab visit
February 16, 2018  15:34
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not meet with Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, according to Canadian media reports.


According to sources, Trudeau will not meet with Amarinder, who has publicly accused members of Trudeau's cabinet of being connected to the formation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh state movement.


As per media reports, Amarinder was to accompany Trudeau as a tour guide during the latter's visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.


However, officials in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office have said that no such meeting is planned. "We have nothing planned with him (Amarinder) at this time," said a Canadian official.


The development comes after Amarinder called Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan as a 'Khalistani sympathiser', during the latter's visit to India in April last year.


The Punjab Chief Minister had made the comment on Sajjan since he felt that the Canadian Defence Minister was allegedly advocating for the formation of Khalistan.


However, Canada has repeatedly stated that it did not support any type of Sikh extremism. -- PTI
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