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The findings in the interim report by Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue, who is leading the independent public inquiry, found evidence of foreign interference in Canada's last two federal elections in 2019 and 2021 but the results of the votes were not affected and the electoral system was robust.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that not just Canada, “if any country has a concern and gives us some input or some basis for that concern, we are always open to looking at it. This is what countries do”.
The request for information/intelligence on pro-Khalistani separatists living in the West (especially the US) was reportedly made by the National Investigations Agency (NIA), India's federal anti-terrorism agency, in meetings with visiting FBI Director Christopher Wray, according to a Reuters report. , World News, Times Now
So far, the New York assassination plot has played out very differently from a similar case in Canada this year. In sharp contrast to how the Canada-India tiff had played out, India's response to the U.S. indictment on Wednesday was conciliatory, saying it was taking the case seriously and investigating.
The NIA has launched a multi-state crackdown on the nexus between criminal syndicates in India and Khalistani separatists and terrorists based in countries like Pakistan and Canada, who use these networks for terror-related activities.