NEW DELHI: A crew of 275 ragged judges, bureaucrats, diplomats and defense force veterans has raised objections to a newest document by the USA Rate on World Non secular Freedom (USCIRF), calling it “disturbing” and missing balance.In a joint tell dated March 21, the signatories puzzled the methodology and conclusions of the USCIRF document, arguing that assessments of religious freedom must quiet be based on long-timeframe demographic traits in design of “selective or episodic narratives.”Citing census recordsdata, the tell highlighted minority populations in India grasp remained stable or grown over decades, contrasting this with a decline in Hindu populations in Pakistan and Bangladesh since Partition.
Based on the signatories, such traits “suggest the overall ecosystem in India has not produced the kind of sustained demographic contraction…that would indicate systemic persecution.”The crew criticised what it described as a routine tendency by USCIRF to describe Indian institutions and organisations corresponding to the RSS negatively without ample macro-stage proof. It mentioned criticism has to be grounded in “verifiable evidence and contextual understanding.”
The tell further objected to USCIRF’s recommendations, in conjunction with requires sanctions and restrictions on participants linked to the RSS, terming them “highly motivated” and missing credibility.The signatories contain ragged SC judges, high court docket judges, ex-chief election commissioners, ragged ambassadors and over 130 retired defense force officers.Calling India a “robust democracy” with established judicial and parliamentary techniques, the crew entreated the US govt to analysis the theory of the USCIRF document and also watch its contributors.
