Obama: ‘6 Muslim-dominated countries bombed by Obama regime’: BJP attacks former US president for his minority rights comments | India News
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6 Muslim-dominated countries bombed under his rule: BJP attacks former US prez Obama for his remarks
“How can people trust the comments and allegations of a former president under whose rule six Muslim-majority countries were bombed? …more than 26,000 bombs were dropped,” saidSitharaman during a press conference on Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s state visits to the US and Egypt.
In a recent media interview, Obama had said that President Joe Biden should bring up “the protection of the Muslim minority in a majority Hindu India” in talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Obama added that if minority rights are not protected, there is a strong possibility of India “at some point pulling apart”.
“I was shocked that a former president of the US was speaking about Indian Muslims,” Sitharaman said, adding that opposition parties had latched on to the comments in order to raise “non-issues, without data”.
“During a press conference in the US, the PM had said how his government works on the ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ principle and doesn’t discriminate against any community. But the fact remains that people join in this debate and highlight issues which are non-issues,” said Sitharaman.
“I find this to be a deliberate attempt to vitiate the atmosphere in this country,” said the senior BJP leader.
Sitharaman also noted that Egypt had conferred upon PM Modi the ‘Order of the Nile’, the country’s highest civilian honour. This was the 13th such honour presented to the PM by various countries.
“Out of the 13 awards that he has been given as Prime Minister of the country, six have been given by countries where Muslims are in the majority,” she said.
