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“Entity Of Concern”: India Shreds US Religious Freedom Body Over RAW Demand

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Last updated: March 26, 2025 1:25 pm
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In a strongly-worded rebuttal, India said today that it is the US religious freedom body USCIRF that should be designated internationally as an “entity of concern” for its repeated “pattern of biased and politically motivated assessments” and “misrepresentation” of facts. 

New Delhi’s statement came hours after the US body’s annual religious freedom report claimed that minorities in India continue to face deteriorating treatment. The panel’s report also called for imposing sanctions on India’s external intelligence agency R&AW over its alleged involvement in the “assassination” plots against ‘Khalistani’ separatists and extremists overseas.

“We have seen the recently released 2025 Annual Report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which once again continues its pattern of issuing biased and politically motivated assessments,” India’s Ministry of External Affairs said, raising concerns on the authenticity of the body over such “agenda-based” claims.

Indirectly calling the panel’s report fake, India questioned if at all the USCIRF is even genuine in its work and concerns on religious freedom.

“The USCIRF’s persistent attempts to misrepresent isolated incidents and cast aspersions on India’s vibrant multicultural society reflect a deliberate agenda rather than a genuine concern for religious freedom,” the foreign ministry said.

Saying that the US religious freedom body is far from reality, New Delhi said it does not even expect the panel to engage with the truth. “India is home to 1.4 billion people who are adherents to all religions known to mankind. However, we have no expectation that the USCIRF will engage with the reality of India’s pluralistic framework or acknowledge the harmonious coexistence of its diverse communities,” noted the foreign ministry.

Labeling the US religious freedom body as “an entity of concern”, India said, “Such efforts to undermine India’s standing as a beacon of democracy and tolerance will not succeed. In fact, it is the USCIRF that should be designated as an entity of concern.”

Despite the US panel’s recommendation, It is unlikely that the US government will sanction India’s external intelligence agency R&AW or Research & Analysis Wing for its alleged involvement in plotting the killings of extremists and terrorists overseas. This is because the panel’s views and recommendations are not binding on the government.

In its current report, the US panel has recommended that India be designated as a “country of particular concern” over alleged violations of religious freedom and “impose targetted sanctions” against R&AW. It also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP “propagated hateful rhetoric and disinformation against Muslims and other religious minorities”.
 

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