The Canadian spy company has alleged that India and Pakistan had tried to “interfere” in Canada’s federal elections within the 2019 and 2021 basic elections, reported a media report on Friday.

An unclassified abstract by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) alleging the interference was tabled as a part of the Federal Commission of Inquiry analyzing potential meddling by China, India, Russia and others within the 2019 and 2021 elections.

The Indian authorities has strongly rejected as “baseless” allegations of its interference in Canadian elections and asserted that the core concern has been Ottawa’s meddling in New Delhi’s inner affairs.

“We have seen media reports about the Canadian commission enquiring into …We strongly reject all such baseless allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections,” exterior affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated in New Delhi in February.

During a press briefing in February, Jaiswal stated, “We have seen media reports about the Canadian commission enquiring into …We strongly reject all such baseless allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections.”

“It is not the government of India’s policy to interfere in the democratic processes of other countries. In fact, quite on the reverse, it is Canada which has been interfering in our internal affairs,” he added.

What did the CSIS report say?

A doc by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that the Federal Commission of Inquiry is analyzing the potential interference of overseas nations like India, Pakistan, China and Russia within the nation’s elections in 2019 and 2021.

In 2021, the federal government of India had “intent to interfere and likely conducted clandestine activities,” together with utilizing an Indian authorities proxy agent in Canada, the CSIS alleged within the paperwork.

The Canadian spy company additional alleged that the Indian authorities in 2021 ran overseas interference actions that “were centred on a small number of electoral districts.”

The Indian authorities focused these ridings as a result of there was a notion by India that “a portion of Indo-Canadian voters were sympathetic to the Khalistani movement or pro-Pakistan political stances,” the CSIS doc stated.

The CSIS has amassed “a body of intelligence” that signifies a authorities of India “proxy agent may have attempted to interfere in democratic processes” by offering unlawful monetary assist to pro-Indian candidates, the doc stated.

However, CSIS director David Vigneault advised the inquiry that the allegations talked about within the report shouldn’t be thought-about info, and require additional investigation. The info talked about within the report seems to be uncorroborated, single-sourced or incomplete, the inquiry stated.

(With inputs from PTI)