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    - President Biden raised concerns about protecting minority rights in India during a visit to India, suggesting that failure to do so could lead to India splitting apart. When meeting with Modi, Biden said they had a "good discussion about democratic values." - Despite Modi speaking at length about democracy in his speech to the US Congress, Biden and others in the US political class were not convinced of Modi's commitment to protecting human rights and minorities' rights in India. - In his speech, Modi only briefly mentioned Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region, taking a balanced approach without explicitly mentioning Russia or China but alluding to them. He received applause for calling for respecting sovereignty in Ukraine and an open Indo-Pacific.

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    - President Biden raised concerns about protecting minority rights in India during a visit to India, suggesting that failure to do so could lead to India splitting apart. When meeting with Modi, Biden said they had a "good discussion about democratic values." - Despite Modi speaking at length about democracy in his speech to the US Congress, Biden and others in the US political class were not convinced of Modi's commitment to protecting human rights and minorities' rights in India. - In his speech, Modi only briefly mentioned Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region, taking a balanced approach without explicitly mentioning Russia or China but alluding to them. He received applause for calling for respecting sovereignty in Ukraine and an open Indo-Pacific.

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    - President Biden raised concerns about protecting minority rights in India during a visit to India, suggesting that failure to do so could lead to India splitting apart. When meeting with Modi, Biden said they had a "good discussion about democratic values." - Despite Modi speaking at length about democracy in his speech to the US Congress, Biden and others in the US political class were not convinced of Modi's commitment to protecting human rights and minorities' rights in India. - In his speech, Modi only briefly mentioned Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific region, taking a balanced approach without explicitly mentioning Russia or China but alluding to them. He received applause for calling for respecting sovereignty in Ukraine and an open Indo-Pacific.

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    As if this was not enough, President Obama, the only US president to

    attend a Republic Day parade in India, opened a massive broadside


    against Modi during the visit by saying: ‘If the president meets with PM
    Modi, then protection of Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is
    something worth mentioning…if you do not protect the rights of ethnic
    minorities in India, then there is a strong possibility that India at some
    point starts pulling apart’.

    Not only did Biden discuss the issue of human rights with Modi, he was
    constrained to admit somewhat sheepishly that he and Modi had ‘a
    good discussion about democratic values’.

    This unrelenting onslaught was happening despite Modi speaking on


    democracy before the US Congress for almost 10 minutes in his 58
    minute speech. The focus on democracy was not lost even when he
    spoke on climate change, saying ‘A spirit of democracy, inclusion and
    sustainability defines us’. He claimed that India was working to even
    ‘democratise supply chains’!

    Modi’s failure to convince the US political class about his commitment


    to protecting human rights, especially of minorities, is important
    because he went to great lengths to convince them of this. The White
    House’s public response to the BJP-led Islamophobic trolling of an
    Indian American reporter for asking Modi a question about Muslims
    gives us an indication of what the Biden administration really thinks
    about the Modi government’s record.
    First Lady Jill Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the White
    House. Photo: Twitter/@WhiteHouse.

    Russia and China

    On global geopolitics, Modi, despite theatrics, and there were many,


    chose the path of balance. Without mentioning Russia and China, he
    alluded to them in the context of the war in Ukraine and in the context
    of developments in the Asia Pacific region. US Congressmen gave him
    a standing ovation when he called for ‘respect for sovereignty and
    integrity’ in the context of the war in Ukraine, and when he said ‘we
    share a vision of a free open and inclusive Indo-Pacific connected by
    secure seas’. On the Quad, Modi’s comment, ‘the Quad has emerged
    as a major force of good for the region’ was quite bland. In an hour-
    long speech, the total time devoted to Ukraine was about one minute
    and to the Indo-Pacific about two minutes.

    On Ukraine, Modi was reiterating the exact position that ambassador


    T.S. Tirumurti, India’s permanent representative to UN, had taken on
    February 25, 2022 while abstaining on the UNSC’s ‘Adoption of
    Resolution on the situation in Ukraine’. His stand on the Indo-Pacific
    was exactly the position taken by defence minister Rajnath Singh on
    November 23, 2022 at the ‘9th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting’ at
    Siem Reap, Cam

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