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EXPLAINED: Turbulence hits india us ties after sikh separatist murder plot | Vintage Vibes

The flags of the United States and India are displayed on the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 2023. Six months later, their relations have hit a bump, say analysts [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]

New Delhi, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not known to give interviews to the media.

In late December he made an exception and spoke to the London-based Financial Times, which had first reported on how the United States government had thwarted an alleged plot hatched by an Indian agent to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil. New York-based Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US-Canada dual citizen, has been branded a “terrorist” by India for issuing threats of violence against New Delhi and for his call for a separate Sikh homeland carved out of India, called Khalistan.

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