An Indian gangster-turned-politician was gunned down on live television this weekend.
"A joint address is among the most prestigious invitations and honors the United States Congress can extend," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in a statement on Wednesday evening.– particularly for individuals whom our own State Department has concluded are engaged in systematic human rights abuses of religious minorities and cast-oppressed communities," she added.both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
However, Biden’s progressive allies are blasting Modi’s anti-Muslim record and crackdown on journalistic freedom, including raids on BBC India’s offices. His government has been accused of oppressing and endangering the roughly 220 million"It’s shameful that Modi has been given a platform at our nation’s capital —his long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic actions, targeting Muslims & religious minorities, and censoring journalists is unacceptable.
Omar wrote in a statement,"Prime Minister Modi’s government has repressed religious minorities, emboldened violent Hindu nationalist groups, and targeted journalists/human rights advocates with impunity. I will NOT be attending Modi’s speech."