India Aids U.S., but Is Stern With Canada, Amid Murder Plot Accusations

The reason, analysts say, is basic geopolitics.

“Justin Trudeau and Canada are relative lightweights the Indian government can afford to take liberties with,” said Bharat Karnad, an Indian national security expert affiliated with the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research.

“But there is a price to pay for alienating Washington,” Mr. Karnad said, particularly given Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “foreign policy pivoting on close relations with America.”