India, Feb. 22 -- Ruby Dhalla, the Indo-Canadian candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party and Canada's Prime Ministerial office, said on Saturday she has been disqualified from running for the top post.

She described the decision as both "shocking and deeply disappointing, especially since it was leaked to the media".

In a post on X, Dhalla said that the allegations levelled against her by the party "are false and fabricated". She said that the "tactics" used to dismiss her from the race confirm that her campaign's "message was resonating, we were winning, and the establishment felt threatened".

"One day it was foreign interference, one day it was campaign violations - all in an attempt to keep me from debating Carney and winn...