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India has responded strongly to the allegations made by Canadian spy agency CSIS on how it tried to interfere in the country's elections, calling the accusations baseless..
Addressing the report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the allegations baseless, adding that the core issue is Ottawa's interference in New Delhi's affairs in the past..
During a press briefing, Jaiswal SAID, We have seen media reports about the Canadian commission enquiring into ...We strongly reject all such baseless allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections..
A document by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that the Federal Commission of Inquiry is examining the possible interference of foreign nations like India, Pakistan, China and Russia in the country's elections in 2019 and 2021...
The Indian government targeted those ridings because there was a perception by India that "a portion of Indo-Canadian voters were sympathetic to the Khalistani movement or pro-Pakistan political stances," the CSIS document said.. Read more: Surge in temporary immigrants beyond Canadas capacity to absorb: Trudeau..
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