India, March 26 -- India on Wednesday rejected a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that sought targeted sanctions on the country's external intelligence agency, and said the body was engaged in a campaign of "biased and politically motivated assessments".

The Indian government has usually reacted angrily to reports by USCIRF, an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the US Congress to monitor religious freedom abroad, and Wednesday's response by the external affairs ministry was largely on the lines of reactions in recent years.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said USCIRF was engaged in persistent attempts to cast aspersions on India's multicultural ...