Status verified as of 22 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current position
No independent Khalistan state exists, and the movement remains banned in India. The unresolved investigation into the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and contested allegations of Indian state involvement continued to strain India-Canada relations as of March 2026.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: In March 2026, further reporting alleged that Indian consular officials had supplied information used in planning Nijjar's killing; India's External Affairs Ministry rejected the allegations as "baseless, politically motivated and unsupported by credible evidence," while the World Sikh Organization of Canada called the report "a grave attack on Canadian sovereignty" and urged an investigation extending to Indian government officials. These remain attributed, contested claims rather than adjudicated findings.
- Sikh group in Canada slams India over new report into 2023 activist killing (Al Jazeera) link, Investigation Status and Sikh Community Reaction sections. Source record
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