evidence: Days after 14 gurdwara management committees banned the entry of Indian officials in Canada's Ontario, 96 gurdwaras in the United States have resolved to ban the entry of Indian officials. [...] The ban is also applicable for RSS and Shiv Sena members, the report adds. [...] Further frustrating to India is that these occurrences evolved even after months of groundwork to pacify a section of Canada’s pro-Khalistani elements. India initiated a menu of measures: Pruning of a blacklist, giving visas to some who were earlier on a prohibited list or had arrived in Canada as refugees, back-channel talks with some Canadian Khalistanis, while diplomats made forays into gurdwaras once considered bastions of separatism.