The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), accusing it of continuously disseminating propaganda about India as part of an annual report.
Responding to the USCIRF’s latest report, which criticized India for purported violations of religious freedom, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal termed the organisation as biased with a clear political agenda.
“The US Commission on International Religious Freedom is known as a biased organisation with a political agenda. They continue to publish their propaganda on India masquerading as part of an annual report,” Jaiswal said.
“We do not expect that the USCIRF will even seek to understand India’s diverse, pluralistic and democratic ethos,” he added. “Their efforts to interfere in the largest electoral exercise of the world will never succeed,” Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.
In its latest annual report, the USCIRF has criticised India for alleged violations of religious freedom as well as on certain other issues.
With inputs from PTI.
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India slams US body’s religious freedom report, terms it biased & politically motivated
