Justin Trudeau wins 2021 Canada election amid India-Canada row: Inquiry finds no Indian interference.

A panel of senior Canadian officials monitoring the 2021 elections in the country were not informed of any attempt by India to influence national polls, the probe found. However, the Canadian intelligence agency found that China did interfere in Canada’s last two elections, according to testimony in an official probe. This comes days after Canada Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) alleged that India and Pakistan attempted to interfere in the Canadian elections that took place in 2019 and 2021.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party won both the elections, held in 2019 and 2021. Trudeau is scheduled to testify before the probe panel today. India had earlier refuted the claims and assured its commitment to non-interference in other nations’ democratic processes.

“We have seen media reports about the Canadian commission enquiring into …We strongly reject all such baseless allegations of Indian interference in Canadian elections,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in February. “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.

Trudeau’s previous allegations of Indian involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil have become a flashpoint in bilateral relations between the two nations. Despite India’s dismissal of these allegations as absurd, the fallout resulted in diplomatic repercussions.