In a strong-worded statement, India rejected a Canadian report alleging that the Indian government interfered in Canada's elections.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that it is in fact Canada which has been consistently interfering in India's internal affairs.

While the initial report in May last year had pointed to China as the “most persistent and sophisticated foreign interference threat to Canada,” the final report lays out the ways in which India has become the “second most active country engaging in electoral foreign interference in Canada.

“Like the PRC [People’s Republic of China], India conducts foreign interference through diplomatic officials in Canada and through proxies,” the report, authored by Marie-Josée Hogue, a judge at the Quebec Court of Appeal, said.