Canada seems to think India is snubbing Trudeau, govt says no

Justin Trudeau is in India on a seven-day state visit but nobody will blame you if you haven't yet noticed.

The Canadian Prime Minister flew into India with his wife and three children on Saturday and he has a fairly bulky -- if light on substance -- itinerary but the very popular Trudeau has been little more than a blip on the Indian media scene.

On Monday, Trudeau did all the things one usually does in Ahmedabad.

He visited Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram, the Akshardham Temple, and will at 3 pm participate in an armchair discussion on education and investment opportunities at the Indian Institute of Management.

On Sunday, the Trudeau family had visited the Taj Mahal:

Which is all well and good -- these are the sort of things visiting state leaders usually do. The only difference is they are usually closely accompanied by an Indian bigwig.

Remember Modi and Netanyahu?Even Modi and China's Xi, sitting on a jhoola in Ahmedabad?

When Netanyahu visited the Taj, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had shown him around the eternal monument to love.

Modi had also received Netanyahu personally at the airport. He was of course only returning the favour; the Israeli PM had done the same for Modi when he visited Israel in July 2017.

When Trudeau arrived in Delhi however, he was met by minister of state for agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat:

News outlets have been quick to pick up the "snub", blaming it on Trudeau appointing Canadian Sikh leaders with links to the separatist Khalistan movement to his cabinet.

Trudeau has reportedly also said the Sikh leaders are entitled to support independence for Khalistan.

The government however has been quick to deny the reports of a snub, with news reports quoting sources in the government as saying the prime minister cannot possibly personally accompany every single visiting head of state.