WATCH: Justin Trudeau breaks out Bollywood dance moves on India visit

Canadian PM has faced accusations of ‘cringeworthy’ cultural appropriation

Justin Trudeau in India
Trudeau visits the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar on Wednesday
(Image credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

Charming or cringeworthy? Justin Trudeau’s decision to break out the bhangra moves during his state visit to India has divided commentators at home and abroad.

On the penultimate night of a visit that has been mired in controversy over his party’s alleged links to Sikh extremists, the Canadian prime minister “tried to take back the narrative” with some eye-grabbing Bollywood steps at New Delhi’s Canada House, the Huffington Post reports.

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