Government denies Canada’s allegation of meddling in India’s elections while accusing it of doing so

India denied claims made by Canada that New Delhi meddled in its political processes. Speakingswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Randhir Jaiswal vehemently denied the accusations and labeled them unfounded.

Media claims have surfaced about a Canadian committee looking into foreign meddling. At a routine news conference, Randhir Jaiswal said, “We vehemently deny such flimsy accusations of Indian meddling in Canadian elections. It is not the policy of the government of India to meddle in the democratic process of other countries.”

Jaiswal said that it is the opposite and charged Canada of meddling in domestic matters in India. The exact opposite is true—Canada has been meddling in our domestic affairs. According to news agency ANI, Jaiswal said, “We have been bringing up this matter with them on a regular basis, and we continue to call on Canada to take effective measures to address our core concerns.”

The nation’s top foreign intelligence agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said in a recent assessment that India may have meddled in the election.

India was identified in the report as a “foreign interference threat,” and the government was given further directives to “protect Canada’s robust democratic institutions and processes.”

The other two nations that are now being accused of interfering in Canadian politics are China and Russia.

China is considered the greatest danger to Canadian democracy, according to a study titled Briefing to the Minister of Democratic Institutions on Foreign Interference.

The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, said last month that investigators from his office will look into reports of Indian meddling in the country’s past two general elections, which were held in 2019 and 2021.

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that India was involved in the murder of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, bilateral relations between India and Canada hit a new low.

Nijjar was killed by unidentified gunmen outside the Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, gurdwara parking lot.

In a speech to the legislature, Justin Trudeau said that he had reliable evidence indicating India was engaged and that authorities had begun an investigation. India has denied the claims and deemed them to be unfounded.