WASHINGTON: The India has hit back at US, India Is Also Concerned About Human Rights Violations In The US : Jaishankar. Unfazed and unbowed in the face of American pressure, India is pushing back at Washington on several contentious issues - including the threat of sanctions and its crusade for human rights - while maintaining that ties between the two sides are strong enough to accommodate differences.
Jaishankar similarly pushed back at US criticism of human rights in India, attributing it to American lobbies and vote banks.
"People are entitled to have views about us. We also are entitled to have views about their lobbies and vote banks. We will not be reticent. We also have views on other people's human rights, particularly when it pertains to our community," Jaishankar retorted in one of the strongest repudiation of the constant American lectures on human rights.
The riposte came hours after the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices released by the State Department on Tuesday, said among other things that government officials at both local and national levels in India were "intimidating" critical media outlets through physical harassment and attacks, followed by secretary of state Antony Blinken saying the US is monitoring "rise in human rights abuses" in India.
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