India, Feb. 22 -- The information on the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) involvement in election-related funding is "concerning" and the country should know if any people were linked to "bad faith activities", external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.

Jaishankar, who was speaking at the Delhi University Literature Festival, was referring to remarks by the US leadership about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cancelling allocations of hundreds of millions of dollars by USAID around the world, including $21 million for "voter turnout in India".

"I think some information has been put out there by the Trump administration people, and obviously, that is concerning. It would suggest the...