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275 Former Judges and Officials Slam “Motivated” USCIRF Report on India

275 Former Judges and Officials Slam “Motivated” USCIRF Report on India

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): A coalition of 275 eminent Indian personalities—including former Supreme Court judges, senior bureaucrats, and high-ranking Armed Forces veterans—issued a scathing joint statement on Saturday, March 21, 2026, condemning the latest annual report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The signatories described the report, which recommended targeted sanctions against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), as "highly motivated" and a display of "intellectual bankruptcy." The 2026 USCIRF report had designated India as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC), alleging a deterioration in religious freedom and recommending that…
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“Motivated and Biased”: India Slams USCIRF Report After Panel Recommends Sanctions on RSS and R&AW

“Motivated and Biased”: India Slams USCIRF Report After Panel Recommends Sanctions on RSS and R&AW

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh)— India has issued a blistering rejection of the 2026 Annual Report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), labeling the document "motivated and biased." The sharp rebuttal from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) comes after the U.S. federal advisory body recommended unprecedented sanctions against prominent Indian organizations and once again urged the U.S. State Department to designate India as a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC). In a move that has further strained diplomatic rhetoric, the commission specifically called for targeted sanctions on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)—the ideological parent of the ruling…
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