India Rejects US Report As Part Of CIA Plot To Target India

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) recently criticized the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it a "biased organization with a political agenda." According to the MEA, the commission's latest report misrepresents facts about India and pushes a false narrative designed to discredit the country. "We reject this malicious report," an official statement from the MEA read, adding that the report further damages USCIRF’s own credibility.

The controversy revolves around the USCIRF’s recent 'Country Update: India' report, which was released on Wednesday. In the report, the commission accuses India’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of promoting policies that harm religious minorities and failing to address violence targeting these communities. The report suggests that the government’s actions, such as the passing of laws like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and anti-conversion regulations, have led to discriminati...