Isn’t this choreographed cuteness all just a bit much now? Omar Abdullah unimpressed with the Trudeaus

While a lot has been written about the Trudeaus in India so far, ranging from ‘how cute Hariden looks’ to wondering 'whether Trudeau has got a cold-shoulder in India’. One politician who appears less than impressed with Justin Trudeau and his family is Omar Abdullah. 

Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah felt that the ‘choreographed cuteness was a bit much’.

He wrote: “Is it just me or is this choreographed cuteness all just a bit much now? Also FYI we Indians don’t dress like this every day sir, not even in Bollywood.

Is it just me or is this choreographed cuteness all just a bit much now? Also FYI we Indians don’t dress like this every day sir, not even in Bollywood. pic.twitter.com/xqAqfPnRoZ

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 21, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday arrived at Amritsar's Golden Temple, along with his wife and children.

The Canadian Prime Minister, who is on a week-long State visit to India, will meet Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh later in the day.

The Congress leader earlier refused to meet Trudeau, claiming the Canadian Prime Minister's cabinet members were connected and supported the formation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh state movement.

Earlier in the day, Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu expressed confidence that the meeting would not only strengthen the ties between both the countries but would also help to transform them.

"The 20-minute meeting between Captain Amarinder Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can take Punjab 20 years ahead," Sidhu told ANI.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau underlined that the ties between his country and India will not move ahead only on the political front and that there are "so many different ways you can engage".

On a day-long visit to Mumbai, he said, "The close ties (between India and Canada) and the incredible opportunities is what this trip is about. It is not a trip for handshakes and photo-ops."

His comments came during an interaction with ICICI Bank managing director and chief executive Chanda Kochhar who mentioned about his last meeting with Modi where the two leaders had called their countries as "made for each other".

On Monday, Chief Minister Singh had confirmed that he will meet the Canadian Prime Minister and was hopeful that the meeting would strengthen the "close Indo-Canadian business ties as well as the deep-rooted people-to-people relations."

“Look forward to meeting Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau in Amritsar on Wednesday. I?m hopeful that this meeting will help strengthen the close Indo-Canadian business ties as well as the deep-rooted people-to-people relations between our two countries,” the Punjab Chief Minister tweeted.

The Canadian prime minister is on a week-long visit to India. He has already visited Agra and Ahmedabad.

Going beyond the government or political equations, it is the deep people-to-people contact involving cultural and economic ties on which the relationship will move ahead, Trudeau said.

"It is also people-to-people ties, it is also cultural, economic and business. There are so many different ways you can engage," he added.

While speaking about the potential of the economic ties, he said, "We are the two largest democracies in the world, one by population and the other by surface area, and we certainly feel we can do better."

He said the 1.25 lakh Indian students who go to Canada every year were an important constituent of his country and that he hoped that the numbers will swell to make India the largest contributor of foreign students in Canada.

"You talk about busines-to-business or government-to- government (contact). For me, I would like to think about people-to -people," Trudeau said.

With inputs from PTI and ANI