Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:16am on 30 Oct 2023,Monday India Global
The controversial anti-India referendum in British Columbia, Canada has been deemed a failure due to extremely low voter turnout, reports CNN-News18. The event was held amid police presence in Surrey, following Canada's allegations linking India to a separatist's death. Turnout was reportedly only around 2,000, showing lack of new engagement versus previous referendums dominated by students. The last referendum in September claimed 135,000 votes but had 2,398 actual voters. After the poor response in Surrey, discussions are underway for referendums in other Canadian cities next year. India has pressed Canada to prevent these "politically motivated exercises" by extremist groups seeking Khalistan.
