New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government may have had the intent of providing refuge to victims of religious persecution through the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) but it could not get the message across abroad. It has the same problem at home, where the narrative has been seized across vast swathes of the media and the nation by those opposed to the law. And they, in turn, are defining how it is perceived abroad.
The abrogation of Kashmir's special constitutional status and the National Register of Citizens controversy have combined with the CAA to create a perfect storm of denunciations of India over its dealings with Muslims in the media and in some political quarters in the United States.
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