When it comes to the recent Canadian Indian fracas, it is worth looking at the alternative scenarios around it. One of those is the possibility that India was indeed, involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The logic being that New Delhi took advantage of the fact that over the last two decades, the United States has become a major defence partner and geopolitical ally of the country.
It all goes back to the US Secretary of State – Condoleezza Rice’s visit to New Delhi in early 2005. One of her senior aides told the media that his/her boss had presented the Bush Administration’s desire to have a "decisively broader strategic relationship” and that “the goal is to help India become a major world power in the 21st century.” Adding that “we understand fully the implications, including the military implications of that statement.”
Cut to 2023. India has emerged as a major partner of the United States, defence trade has become a central element in the US-India security partnership, and military exercises between their forces are now routine.