Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes he can open a new chapter in bilateral ties with his British counterpart. The UK PM will inaugurate a factory in Gujarat tomorrow and then hold official meetings in Delhi.
Indian officials have been frustrated by UK’s long-standing association with Pakistan’s military. India has noted the role played by the then UK Chief of Defence Staff Gen Nick Carter in getting the Rawalpindi GCHQ involved in Afghanistan for the past years.
India is facing a terror threat from Pakistan with jihadists using night vision devices and M-4 assault rifles in Jammu and Kashmir.
London has opened sensitive technologies like 5G, nuclear and high-speed rail with the hope of becoming the financial hub of China’s Belt-Road Initiative. UK has been dragging its feet on ties with Bangladesh while supporting ties with the opposition BNP of Khaleda Zia.
The role played by UK based pro-Khalistan groups in funding and supporting the farmers agitation in India will also be raised by New Delhi. Despite Indian security agencies raising the Khalistan issue with their British counterpart, the radical element was allowed to hold demonstrations against the Modi government in the UK.
