India rejected “insinuations” levelled by a Canadian fee report of interference in Toronto’s elections by sure international governments. The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) additionally hit again at Canada’s interference in India’s inner affairs.
“It’s actually Canada which has been constantly interfering in India’s inner affairs. This has additionally created an atmosphere for unlawful migration and organised prison actions,” India’s assertion shared by MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
“We reject the report’s insinuations on India and anticipate that the assist system enabling unlawful migration won’t be additional countenanced,” as per the assertion.
India’s feedback on a Canadian Fee’s report:
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— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) January 28, 2025
Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail had alleged that New Delhi used proxy brokers to offer “clandestine monetary assist” to candidates from three political events in a federal election. On this matter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had named Justice Marie-Jose Hogue in September 2023 to move the fee of inquiry into the allegations of meddling in elections by China, Russia and others.
In June final yr, Canada’s Nationwide Safety and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians issued a report that stated some parliamentarians have been witting or semi-witting contributors in international meddling. “India is the second most lively nation partaking in electoral international interference in Canada. Just like the PRC, India is a important actor on the world stage. Canada and India have labored collectively for many years, however there are challenges within the relationship. Many of those are lengthy standing and inform India’s international interference actions,” the report stated.
The 123-page report additionally talked of expelling of six diplomats’ in October final yr, dubbing them as ‘brokers’. The report referred to the time when Canada on October 14, 2024 expelled six Indian diplomats after police collected proof that they have been a part of an Indian authorities “marketing campaign of violence”. India then expelled six Canadian diplomats hours after it summoned Canada’s Cost d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler and conveyed that the “baseless concentrating on” of the Indian Excessive Commissioner and different diplomats and officers in Canada was fully unacceptable.
The report additionally claimed that India unfold disinformation relating to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, nonetheless, the report contradicted itself by saying that Canada couldn’t discover a hyperlink to a international state on his killing. This allegation was strongly refuted by India in November final yr, including that such expenses ought to be dismissed with the “contempt they deserve.” The Ministry of Exterior Affairs additional emphasised that “smear campaigns” like this solely “additional harm our already strained ties.”