Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome back to our committee, Mr. Shull. Thanks for being here and helping us with this particular study.
As you said in your opening statement, we know that India does see a lot of these separatist movements around the world as a direct threat to its national security. That's its perception. We know, in its internal politics, that a lot of minority religious groups are not having an easy time, for lack of a better term, under the current Modi government.
I'm just looking at India's overall strategic objectives. Using this heavy-handed approach of partnering with organized crime, using blackmail, death threats, coercion and of course outright murder, do you think India has overstepped itself now? Is the bad press it's getting now internationally...? This made the news worldwide. I mean, the Prime Minister stood in the House of Commons last year in September and used ministerial statements to name India. Of course, we've had a whole series of reports come out since then. Has India ruined its strategic objectives by now being suddenly put in the limelight?