![]() And by a former President on whose watch race relations exploded in his country. This, when President is hosting PM & lavishing attention on the US-India relationship. ![]() ![]() "While finds 98 per cent of India's Muslims say they're free to practice their religion without hindrance, it is preposterous to see pander to the anti-India crowd, lecturing India in the same breath as China for its atrocities in Xinjiang. Panda in a tweet noted that Obama's remarks came when PM Modi is in Washington and two sides are lavishing attention to bilateral ties. Meanwhile, reacting to Obama's comments, Bharatiya Janata Party Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda slammed him and said it is preposterous to see the former US President "pander to the anti-India crowd, lecturing India in the same breath as China for its atrocities in Xinjiang". He also stoutly defended his government's record on democracy and human rights, asserting democracy is "in our spirit.and flows in our veins" and that there was no discrimination against minorities. In India, diversity is a natural way of life, today the world wants to know more and more about India," PM Modi said. He also added that it is important for the US president to say that if China is sending Ughurs to mass camps and they are being "re-educated, that's a problem and a challenge to all of us" and there is a need to pay attention to it.ĭuring the joint sitting of the US Congress, PM Modi highlighted 'India's unity in diversity.' "India is the home to all faiths in the world and we celebrate all of them. And when I was president, I would deal with figures in some cases who were allies, who, you know, if you pressed me in private, do they run their governments and their political parties in ways that I would say are ideally democratic? I’d have to say no," he said as quotes by CNN.Īlso read: From Sanjay Mehrotra to Tim Cook: Here are top American CEOs who will meet with PM Modi in USĭuring the interview, Obama also said that when he was the President he had worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Paris accords to deal with climate change. “The president of the United States has a lot of equities.
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