NEW DELHI (Reuters)- Obama’s remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration should defend the rights of minority Muslims have been mocked by India’s finance minister, who has accused Obama of being inconsistent.
Obama told CNN last week that Modi should bring up the topic of “protection of the Muslim minority in a majority-Hindu India” when they meet with Joe Biden, the president of the United States, on his official visit to the country.
Obama said that there was “a strong possibility that India at some point starts pulling apart” without such protection.
Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance for India, expressed dismay at Obama’s comments, noting that Modi was in the country to further ties.
In a news conference on Sunday, Sitharaman said, “He was commenting on Indian Muslims having bombed Muslim-majority countries from Syria to Yemen… during his presidency.”
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The persecution of Muslims and other religious minorities in India under Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party has drawn alarm from the U.S. State Department. According to the Indian government, all people are treated equally.
During their conversations at the White House, Biden said he and Modi spoke about human rights and other democratic principles.
In a news conference with Biden last week, Modi denied that his administration had ever discriminated against minorities.
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