PM Modi in US: Barack Obama says India needs to protect its minorities 
PM Modi in US: Barack Obama says India needs to protect its minorities Former US President Barack Obama, in an interview, said that India must protect its minorities or it would ‘pull apart'. This comment, that has drawn the ire of netizens, comes at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being hosted by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in an official visit.
In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Obama said that he has worked with Modi before on issues such as climate change, but that concerns about the Indian democracy must enter diplomatic conversations.
“Part of my argument would be that if you do not protect the rights of ethnic minorities in India, then there is a strong possibility India at some point starts pulling apart. And we’ve seen what happens when you start getting those kinds of large internal conflicts,” he said.
This comment did not go well with people on social media. Zorawar Daulet Singh, founder of Northcap University, said that it is incredible that a country whose professed ideals are so far removed from its domestic reality should pontificate on how large civilisational states should be governed. Savio Rodrigues, founder of media outlet Goa Chronicle, said that Barack Obama’s views and concerns are misplaced, adding that “India is about Indians”.
Another user said that after bombing Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, Obama “ought to be the last one to talk on the subject of human rights”, while yet another said that he is pandering to the “woke mob”.
Many of the netizens also said that this is a ‘good cop, bad cop’ tactic, with Biden playing the good cop by welcoming PM Modi with open arms, and Obama is the bad cop with his comments on the prime minister.
Meanwhile, PM Modi in a press conference with President Biden, said that there is no space for any discrimination in his government. Biden and Modi also spoke about human rights and democratic values during their talks in the White House.
When asked about the steps the government is willing to take to improve the rights of Muslims and other minorities in India, PM Modi said, "Our Constitution and our government, and we have proved democracy can deliver. When I say deliver - caste, creed, religion, gender, there is no space for any discrimination (in my government).”
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