Canada's Sikhs voice outrage over Modi G7 invitation


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  • Saturday, 14 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the ceremonial recption of Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

TORONTO (Reuters) -Members of Canada's Sikh community who were warned by police that their lives were at risk and allege the Indian government is responsible for the threatare incensed by Ottawa's invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited Modi, although India is not a G7 member, to attend the summit that starts on Sunday as a guest. It will be Modi's first visit to Canada in a decade and a diplomatic test for Carney, a political neophyte.

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