Justin Trudeau's remarks attempt to shift focus from China links

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Justin Trudeau's allegations against India's «role» in killing of a Sikh terrorist on Canadian soil could be a diversionary tactic to save his political skin with the ruling Liberal Party facing a probe for its links with China.

Trudeau is facing heat in the case and he may have been motivated to label unsubstantiated allegations against India as a diversionary tactic, according to observers of Canadian politics.

«The allegation on the floor of Parliament is a diversionary plot on the Canadian PM's part to distract attention from the public inquiry of election interference in Canada that has just started and which will inevitably show the Liberal Party's deep ties to Beijing and Trudeau's own implication therein. He has essentially chosen to throw the India relationship under the bus to save his political skin,» quipped a source who did not want to be named.

Trudeau's government has faced growing criticism over the past several months after media reports surfaced alleging that China sought to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian elections.

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Earlier this year, a Canadian lawmaker stepped down from Trudeau's Liberal Party after a media report raised questions about his dealings with China.

Canadian MP Han Dong had said he will leave the Liberals and sit in Parliament as an independent lawmaker to avoid causing problems for the party. Han Dong was accused of lobbying with a Chinese diplomat to keep two Canadians imprisoned in China.

The Canadian security service launched investigations against Han Dong in 2019, as he emerged as a political successor of the then Member of Parliament Geng Tan in a sudden and suspicious manner.