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Justin Trudeau snubbed by Modi govt on his India visit: Canadian media

Neither the PM Modi nor External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted a welcome message for the visiting dignitary

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signs the visitor's book as his family looks on during their visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad (Photo: PTI)

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The Canadian media is upset that their Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, currently on a week-long visit to India, has been snubbed by the Narendra Modi government. Usually, the Ministry of External Affairs holds a curtain raiser press briefing on such a visit. 

There has been none yet. Trudeau, along with his wife and three children, landed in New Delhi on Saturday. Trudeau was received at the airport by junior agriculture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat when Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke protocol to personally receive Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither the PM nor External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted a welcome

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