New Delhi/IBNS, March 26 -- India on Wednesday slammed the US religious freedom body USCIRF and said it should be designated internationally as an "entity of concern" for its repeated "pattern of biased and politically motivated assessments" and "misrepresentation" of facts.

The strongly worded statement came hours after the US body's annual religious freedom report claimed that minorities in India continue to face deteriorating treatment.

"We have seen the recently released 2025 Annual Report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which once again continues its pattern of issuing biased and politically motivated assessments," India's Ministry of External Affairs said.

Calling the panel's report fake in an in...