Indian Finance Minister blasts Obama's remarks on protecting Muslim rights under Modi's government, highlighting the former US President's own track record of bombing Muslim-majority countries
India has been criticised over adopting laws and policies that systematically discriminate Muslims / Photo: AP.
During Modi's state visit to the United States last week, Obama told CNN that the issue of the"protection of the Muslim minority in a majority-Hindu India" would be worth raising in Modi's meeting with the US President Joe Biden. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she was shocked that Obama has made such remarks when Modi was visiting the United States aiming to deepen relations.
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