On official state visits to India, PM Modi personally greets and welcomes the Israeli PM, UAE Crown Prince and US P… https://t.co/NYE5TACPKg — Candice Malcolm (@CandiceMalcolm) 1518901913000

The message is clear at the airport : India sent minister of state for agriculture to invite Trudeau . That’s like… https://t.co/N7lfl7v4E5 — Vijay Sappani (@VJsapps) 1518881592000

Trudeau Cabinet Minister said Sikhs in Canada are “entitled” to support Khalistan independence. Are newcomers to… https://t.co/asq2V8ls6E — Candice Malcolm (@CandiceMalcolm) 1519007053000

#Trudeau seems to be viewed in #India with about the same enthusiasm as malarian mosquito — Bill Tufts (@BillTufts) 1518898853000

NEW DELHI: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is on a state visit to India, but the event has barely created a ripple, and many Canadians think that's because New Delhi is very openly snubbing him over his perceived support for Sikh separatists in his country.For one, PM Narendra Modi did not go to the airport to receive the Canadian head of state. Candice Malcolm, a columnist for the Canadian publication Toronto Sun, pointed out the stark contrast between how other heads of state have been received in India versus how Trudeau has not.As if that wasn't bad enough, whom did the Centre send to the airport to receive Trudeau? Junior agriculture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is, as one Canadian put it, like a (mere) "parliamentary secretary in Canada".Then, Trudeau, his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and their three children visited the Taj Mahal yesterday while Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath was nowhere in sight. A scant month ago, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Taj, the UP CM personally showed him around. But all the Trudeaus got were the Agra district magistrate and some other local administrators.Many say that the Centre's absence of pomp and ceremony is an indication of its displeasure with Trudeau for appointing Cabinet ministers with links allegedly to the Sikh separatist movement.Trudeau has four Sikh cabinet ministers - Harjit Sajjan, Amarjeet Sohi, Navdeep Bains and Bardish Chagger. Sohi said earlier this month that he's neither sympathetic to nor against the Khalistan movement."If there is a small segment of people in Canada who talk about separation, who talk about the creation of Khalistan if they do that in a peaceful way that is their right to do so but this is not an issue that I hear in the community," said Sohi.Canadian columnist Malcolm did not take kindly to this statement. She wondered whether newcomers to Canada were "entitled" to support foreign extremist organizations.Malcolm believes Trudeau must denounce Khalistani extremists publicly, while in India, and should apologize to Amarinder. Another Canadian opposition leader, Jagmeet Singh, must also "denounce Khalistani radicals", she added.Amarinder has said he has no problem meeting with Trudeau, but added they won't meet with some ministers in his cabinet because they "have negative views regarding Punjab".It's still not certain whether an Amarinder-Trudeau meet is on the cards when the Trudeaus visit Amritsar's Golden Temple later this week.Until then, it appears Trudeau will be met with "about the same enthusiasm as (a) malarian mosquito", as a Canadian policy advisor described the low-profile reception Trudeau has got thus far.Trudeau is today scheduled to visit Gujarat, and his itinerary includes trips to the Sabarmati Ashram , the Akshardham Temple and IIM Ahmedabad.