Singh reveals RCMP warned him about death threat in late 2023

Jagmeet Singh says helium was warned by the RCMP astir a credible menace to his beingness and placed nether constabulary extortion 2 winters agone — and that he considered stepping down arsenic person of the NDP.

"When I got that threat, I was floored," Singh told reporters astatine a run lawsuit successful London, Ont., connected Saturday morning. "I had chills reasoning astir what that could mean for my woman who was large astatine the clip — for my babe girl."

In wintertime of 2023-24, Singh received a "duty to warn" from the RCMP, which is however the constabulary unit notifies radical they've go alert of threats to their safety.

Four officers delivered the informing to the NDP leader.

"It was decidedly a scary time. I felt this knot successful my stomach. For the archetypal fig of days, I conscionable stayed successful the basement due to the fact that they advised maine to enactment distant from windows," Singh said. He was placed nether dense RCMP extortion for weeks.

The informing to Singh, archetypal reported by the Toronto Star, came astir a twelvemonth earlier erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau claimed Canada had grounds linking Indian agents to the sidesplitting of Canadian Sikh separatist person Hardeep Singh Nijjar. 

Singh, who is besides Sikh, told reporters the RCMP did not specify who was down the decease menace "but the accusation was a overseas government."

WATCH: Singh says helium was 'floored' erstwhile RCMP warned of decease threats successful 2023 

After being warned, Singh said helium and his woman discussed whether helium should support starring the New Democrats.

"She was floored too, and she was afraid. And I thought, 'Is it worthy it for america to proceed fixed a menace to life?' And truthful we chatted astir it," Singh said.

Ultimately, Singh said, helium decided to enactment connected due to the fact that helium wanted to implicit Canada's rollout of its caller dental attraction program.

"Millions of Canadians person gotten dental attraction due to the fact that we kept that fight," helium said.

"We were conscionable getting adjacent to getting dental attraction retired the door, truthful I didn't privation to stop. I wanted to support connected warring nary substance what the likelihood were, nary substance what the menace was."

The menace to Singh lessened successful aboriginal 2024, according to representatives from his campaign.

CBC News has besides reached retired to the RCMP for much information.

Singh explains wherefore he's speaking retired now

When asked wherefore he's disclosing this accusation now, Singh said Canadians person shared stories with him during the run astir their experiences with overseas interference.

Singh said those stories made it wide "that possibly sharing a spot of what happened to maine would assistance item however superior this is" for others successful akin circumstances.

"What astir folks that are faced with these threats connected a day-to-day basis? What astir antithetic assemblage groups that perpetually are surviving with the fearfulness of threats to themselves, to their families?" Singh said. 

"And truthful that's wherefore overseas interference is specified a superior issue."

WATCH: Singh explains wherefore helium did not telephone an aboriginal election:

While being an elected authoritative got him "incredible extortion from the RCMP, who I'm truthful eternally thankful for," Singh acknowledged that not each Canadian tin get that level of attention.

Singh made the revelation with 2 days near successful the national election. His enactment is trailing severely successful astir polls and is astatine hazard of losing authoritative enactment presumption aft Monday's vote.