New Delhi, March 21 -- Former Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, said that the impact of Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations on India over the Hardeep Singh Nijjar case was two-fold.

Verma, in an interview with ANI, said that the first was the impact on bilateral ties, and the second was the damage to reputation.

Verma said, "This episode had two major impacts. One on bilateral relations itself, because everything was put on hold. Downsizing of mission, EFTA put on hold, early progress trade agreement put on hold, and no high-level visits are taking place. So we lost two years. But so this is one part. So Canadians thought that we six, who have been declared persona non grata, are actually cr...