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00:00 India is becoming a dangerous country for minorities.

00:03 More than 100 houses were burnt in India.

00:06 Muslims are being massacred.

00:08 Former US Senator Brownback expressed strong concerns about the religious freedom in India.

00:13 Yama News said in an interview that the issue of religious freedom has become a black mark for India.

00:18 America thinks India has to strengthen against China.

00:21 We will have to stand for our power.

00:24 Not taking decisions against India is affecting America.

00:29 Commission on International Religious Freedom asking State Department for the last three years

00:34 to put India as a country of particular concern.

00:39 The Biden administration is not doing anything about India to get into CPC country.

00:44 How much you are concerned about that?

00:46 I'm very concerned about that.

00:48 In Manipur you saw hundreds of churches destroyed.

00:51 And people said, "No, it wasn't religious, it was ethnic."

00:54 And you're going, "Well, then why didn't you destroy their ethnic restaurant?"

00:58 Why did you go at the church?

01:00 There's some basis here that this is happening.

01:04 You've had a lot of Muslim persecution taking place in India.

01:07 And with this Hindu nationalism that's really been stoked in India, it's just a very dangerous...

01:14 They are not even providing visas to the members of the US Commission for the last three or four years.

01:18 They don't want any observer to go there to talk about the religious freedom.

01:22 How much concerning is that for you?

01:24 The Indians ought to look at this themselves and say, "This is a black eye on us."

01:29 We're the most populous nation on earth.

01:31 We're the biggest democracy on earth.

01:34 And we won't even let in people to look at this issue.

01:38 I think that's just a terrible trend and black mark.

01:43 In your opinion, why is State Department not taking any action about getting them to CPC country?

01:48 Did they even talk about religious freedom there?

01:51 I think they're probably saying, "Well, we got other fish to fry here. We're facing off against China."

01:56 The Indian government plays it that way, too.

01:59 They're saying, "Well, the Americans won't push on us on this because they need us too much against China."