Agencies
Ottawa: After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleging in September that India was behind the killing of pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada has now announced to investigate India’s alleged role in the country’s elections in 2019 and 2021.
The Foreign Interference Commission, which was set up last year by the Trudeau government to investigate interference by foreign governments in the last two federal elections in Canada, said in a statement on Tuesday that it will also investigate India’s alleged interference in the last two elections.
The commission has asked the Canadian government to give it all information and documents collected in relation to India’s alleged interference in the two elections.
Earlier, the main target of the commission’s work was alleged interference by China and Russia. Now India has also been included in its investigation after India-Canada relations nosedived in the wake of Trudeau’s allegations against New Delhi in the Nijjar killing.
The commission, which begins its hearings next Monday, will examine all the information about foreign interference in the two elections and make recommendations to stop it.
It will submit its interim report by May 3 and final report by December 31.
