Foreign Ministry rejected India's interference in Canadian elections, said- You do this, it is not our business

Terming allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections as baseless, India on Friday said it is not India's policy to interfere in the democratic process of other countries. Aiming at Canada, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in the press conference that we have seen media reports of the Canadian Commission investigating foreign interference.

We strongly reject such baseless allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections. It is not the policy of the Government of India to interfere in the democratic process of other countries. In fact, on the contrary, Canada itself is interfering in our internal affairs. The report names India along with China and Russia as threats of foreign interference that could affect democracy.

Meanwhile, Canadian intelligence agency CSIS has claimed in its report that China has tried to interfere in the last two elections. In this report, India has also been accused of the threat of interfering in the elections there. This secret report published by Global News says that the Canadian government should take more steps to fight foreign interference. "The People's Republic of China's foreign interference activities are serious against all levels of government and civil society throughout the country," the report said.

In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had alleged in the Canadian Parliament that there was concrete evidence of India's alleged involvement and role in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but when India demanded Canada to provide evidence for those allegations. So Canada kept looking left and right. India had rejected all of Canada's allegations. After this episode, relations between the two countries continued to deteriorate. The claims by Canadian security intelligence are the latest in a series of allegations and counter-allegations launched by Justin Trudeau.