NEW DELHI, May 11 -- It is the third year in a row that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF) criticized India in its annual report 2020 for gross violation of religious freedom in India. The report said India was "engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing and egregious religious freedom violations". India rejected the comments by USCIRF as 'biased and tendentious'.
For the first time within 15 years, India has been designated a "country of particular concern". In fact, USCIRF report in 2006 had appreciated India for the 'positive developments' in affecting freedom of religion. The 2013 report had said, "There has been no large-scale communal violence against religious minorities in India since 2008. Criticism...