Slow drip of revelation.

In October, "Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner,..linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada." Reuters. Hardly had the six left when Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said the remaining diplomats "are clearly on notice." "Clearly, we won't tolerate any diplomats that are in contravention of the Vienna Convention," she said. Ministry of External Affairs of India spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that "some of our consular officials were recently informed by the Canadian government that they have been and continued to be under audio and video surveillance. Their communications have also been intercepted." HT. Then, "India has been described as an adversary for the first time in an official Canadian government document." "In its section on cyber threat from 'state adversaries', it includes China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and India." HT. Fanning flames further, "The Canadian government alleged...that Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was behind the plots to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil." Reuters. "Amit Shah - often called India's 'second most powerful man' - is a formidable old friend, Mr Modi's closest confidant and the brains behind his election juggernaut." BBC. This drip, drip of provocation is like 'death by a thousand cuts' (wikipedia). And, if Mr Shah is involved, can Mr Modi be far behind? In response, the Indian government "summoned the country's diplomat to strongly protest the 'absurd and baseless' references made by their Minister before a parliamentary panel. New Delhi warned Ottawa that the leakage of 'unfounded insinuations' to discredit India will have serious consequences for the bilateral relationship." and "reiterated that Canada hasn't provided any evidence to back its claims." TOI. According to Nathalie Drouin, Canada's national security and intelligence adviser, India canceled the first meeting on grounds of "administrative technicality" and then on 10 October, Canadian police officers waited in Washington DC, "while the Indian officials who had confirmed their participation, did not show up." Finally, "Drouin, Deputy Foreign Minister Morrison and the Deputy Commissioner of RCMP - traveled to Singapore to meet India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval to apprise him of the evidence gathered." DH. From this it seems that Canada has made every effort to present its side of the case to India but India just keeps on repeating that no evidence has been provided. "Every year 150,000 students from Punjab go to Canada, Australia, the UK and other countries. Of them nearly, 70% go to Canada." TNIE. These are actually migrants, going in the guise of students, with no intention of ever returning to India. With relations almost severed with Canada, and Australia and the UK cutting down, all these young people will be stuck in Punjab with no jobs and no future to aspire to. It's a dangerous cocktail. And, Pakistan is just across the border. Canada has nothing to lose. Do we?