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Indian Clothing: Cabinet Minister

indian clothing: Inviting Jaspal Atwal to a reception, however, was the last straw, Dosanjh suggested, according to National Observer. Atwal was convicted of attempting to kill Indian cabinet minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu on Vancouver Island in 1986. The fiasco has left relations between the two countries at an all-time low, said one former Liberal cabinet minister, while other observers call it proof the government must jettison the photo ops in traditional Indian clothing in favour of a more serious foreign policy stance. ; Ujjal Dosanjh, a former Liberal health minister, ex-premier of British Columbia and one-time provincial attorney general, accused his old federal party of being too close to Sikh separatists even before Trudeau's arrival Sunday in India. He was also charged, but not convicted, in connection with a 1985 attack on Dosanjh, a staunch opponent of the Sikh separatist movement's push for an independent state of Khalistan. Trudeau can perhaps salvage our relationship with India but I think it hit rock bottom with this, Dosanjh said in an interview Thursday. Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.