'Desire To Complicate...': Russia Claims US Trying To Interfere In Indian General Election
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Russia has claimed that the United States is trying to interfere in Indian General Election, saying that it is part of a campaign to interfere in India’s internal affairs.
Maria Zakharova, the official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the US wants to unbalance the internal political situation in India in order to complicate the general parliamentary elections taking place in the country.
When asked about US interference in Indian elections, she said, “Absolutely. I think that this is a desire to complicate the ongoing general parliamentary elections in India on the part of the United States and is part of a campaign to interfere in India’s internal affairs.”
She further said that the reason is the desire to unbalance the internal political situation in India in order to complicate the general parliamentary elections taking place in the country. “Of course, this is part of interference in India’s internal affairs,” she added.
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