The Ministry of External Affairs has outrightly rejected these claims, countering that Canada has been persistently interfering in India's internal affairs

Canada's initial report in May 2023 highlighted China as the "most persistent and sophisticated" threat, the final report placed India second in terms of electoral interference.

“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.

India strongly rejected ”insinuations” made against it in a report by a Canadian commission that investigated allegations that certain foreign governments were meddling into Canada’s elections.