Former US President Barack Obama’s remarks on the rights of Muslim minorities in India have triggered an issue, with Congress MP Manish Tewari not seeing it as a mere coincidence when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a state go to to the US on the invitation of President Joe Biden. Tewari, a member of the Lok Sabha from Anandpur Sahib, highlighted the robust bond between Biden and Obama, suggesting that the previous president made the remarks on Biden’s behalf.
Obama mentioned Thursday that India dangers “pulling aside” if the Muslim minority isn’t revered, calling for the problem to be raised with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In an interview with CNN, Obama mentioned that addressing human rights with allies was all the time “sophisticated.”
“I believe it’s true that if the president meets with Prime Minister Modi, then the safety of the Muslim minority in a majority-Hindu India, that is one thing value mentioning,” Obama mentioned in an interview with CNN Worldwide anchor Christiane Amanpour.
“If I had a dialog with Prime Minister Modi, who I do know effectively, a part of my argument can be that if you don’t shield the rights of ethnic minorities in India, that there’s a robust chance in some unspecified time in the future that India begins pulling aside,” the primary African-American president mentioned.
“We have seen what occurs if you begin getting these sorts of enormous inside conflicts. So that might be opposite to the pursuits not simply of Muslim India but additionally of Hindu India,” he mentioned.
Reacting to Obama’s feedback, Tewari tweeted, “I might be stunned if Former President Barack Obama‘s feedback had been simply coincidental. Joe Biden was Barack Obama‘s Vice President for eight lengthy years. Barack Obama continues to be his greatest supporter. It’s Tweedlum & Tweedlee. Get somebody equally influential to say it.”
Biden, in the meantime, known as non secular freedom a “core precept” for India and the US as he welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Fairness underneath the regulation, freedom of expression, non secular pluralism and variety of our individuals — these core rules have endured and evolve,” Biden mentioned at a ceremonial welcome to Modi on the White Home. “At the same time as they’ve confronted challenges all through every of our nations’ histories, and can gas our energy, depth and future.”