‘Vote bank politics in international relations’: India’s stern reply to US

India on Friday reacted strongly to the US report on assaults on minorities within the nation, saying “it’s unlucky that vote financial institution politics is being practised in worldwide relations”.

Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned that the assessments within the report had been based mostly on “motivated inputs and biased views” and sought to spotlight the rising gun violence in America.

“We’ve famous the discharge of the US State Division 2021 report on Worldwide Spiritual Freedom, and ill-informed feedback by senior US officers,” Bagchi mentioned.

“It’s unlucky that vote financial institution politics is being practiced in worldwide relations. We’d urge that assessments based mostly on motivated inputs and biased views be averted,” he mentioned, including that “as a naturally pluralistic society, India values spiritual freedom and human rights”.

Drawing consideration to the gun violence’s rising toll within the US, he mentioned, “In our discussions with the US, we now have usually highlighted problems with concern there, together with racially and ethnically motivated assaults, hate crimes, and gun violence.”

The US State Division’s annual report back to the Congress on worldwide spiritual freedom was launched by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The report offers its personal perspective on the standing and violations of non secular freedom throughout the globe and has separate chapters on every of the nations.

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India beforehand rejected the US spiritual freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a overseas authorities to pronounce on the state of its residents’ constitutionally protected rights.

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