The allegations in an indictment unsealed in New York on Nov 29 that an Indian citizen sought to arrange the assassination of a prominent Sikh separatist on United States soil are an embarrassment for the US-India relationship, but are unlikely to derail it.
Though the allegations are bound to draw scrutiny in the US Congress, the Biden administration will seek to manage the fallout, analysts say, given increasing strategic convergence with India over China and the Indo-Pacific region.
But the degree to which the overall US-India ties are impacted depends largely on the responsiveness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the issue, and whether it will provide reassurances that it will not happen again, says Ms Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific Security Programme at the Centre for a New American Security, a think-tank.
Ms Curtis, who as deputy assistant to the president and National Security Council senior director for South and Central Asia from 2017 to 2021 helped craft US policy on India, told The Straits Times: “While the situation could strain the relationship in the near term, US-India ties will likely ultimately weather this storm.
“They have each invested heavily in building ties over the last few years, and they both view China as the biggest threat to their national security. There is much at stake for both countries, and it’s in their mutual interest to find a way forward.”
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