OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says India’s consul-general meddled in his 2022 Conservative leadership bid but he does not believe foreign interference by New Delhi influenced the outcome of the race that elected Pierre Poilievre. Mr. Brown, who was ultimately disqualified from that race after allegations he violated financing rules, told a parliamentary committee Thursday that Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner received an angry phone call from the consul-general to demand that he stop using the term “Sikh nation.” Ms. Rempel Garner served as his 2022 campaign co-chair – until mid-June that year when she resigned, saying she was considering entering Alberta politics – and the concern over “Sikh nation” was later raised at a conference call with top campaign aides.