'As India witnesses violence and a boom in ethno-nationalist politics under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Trump has declined to speak out against these disturbing trends,' Akanksha Singh writes for CNNOpinion.
Akanksha Singh is a journalist based in Mumbai, India. She covers politics and social justice and has written for the BBC, The Independent and the South China Morning Post, among others. Follow her on Twitter @akankshamsingh. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN.
For decades following World War II, the free world has looked to the United States for democratic and civil guidance. So, when President Trump wrapped up his two-day visit to India in February and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India's"religious freedom" following Hindu-Muslim riots in parts of the capital, it didn't just feel like Indian democracy was crumbling further; it felt as though it had got the go ahead from a global superpower.
"We did talk about religious freedom, and I will say that the prime minister was incredible on what he told me," Trump said while announcing a $3 billion trade deal with India at a press conference in New Delhi on February 25."[Modi] wants people to have religious freedom ... he said that in India they have worked very hard to have great and open religious freedom."Akanksha SinghIn reality, this religious freedom is under considerable threat, particularly for Muslims.
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