Liberty vs. Security: India, US, and Canada Grapple with Divergent Approaches Amid Allegations of State-Backed Violence
Apparent divergence of approach to the puzzling interface between liberty and violence has cropped-up again between India, United States and Canada. The latest trigger has come from a report in The Washington Post naming an Indian official involved in the plot to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. The US government has expressed concerns while Government of India (GoI) responds in its own way. At the same time, anti-India and pro-Khalistani utterances and activities in Canada have once again deeply upset GoI. Since India and the US are strategically coming closer and India and Canada would want to do so, the question is how to avoid disagreements on balancing individual liberty with peoples’ security. In reference to the Post’s report, the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on 29 April to the journalists that one Vikram Yadav from Indian intelligence agency RAW contacted the Indian businessman Nikhil Gupta to get Pannun killed by a hired assassin. Gupt
