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Washington: Indian American lawmakers reiterated their commitment to continue raising “human rights issues in India”, but added that they cannot lecture New Delhi on this matter. Because this is not going to work. There is a need for talks with the Indian leadership in this regard. “India was colonized for more than 100 years, so when we talk about human rights,” Indian American lawmaker Ro Khanna told members of the Indian American community at the ‘Desi Decides’ conference of the Democratic think-tank ‘Indian American Impact’ on Thursday. Let’s talk, when you talk with (External Affairs Minister S) Jaishankar or anyone else, you have to understand that it only sounds like preaching to India. So you talk about the problems and find solutions together.
He says that the colonial powers have been preaching to us for hundreds of years. It would not be useful to do that (preaching).” Khanna said, “I think a more constructive approach would be to have a dialogue (with India) about what are the flaws in our democracy here, what are the flaws in your democracy and How can we collectively advance democracy and human rights?” Indian American MPs Thanedar, Pramila Jaipal and Dr. Amy Bera also participated in this dialogue with ‘Congressional India Caucus’ co-chairman Ro Khanna.
Look at the shortcomings of your country also
Pramila Jaipal said that we should be able to criticize the shortcomings of our country and the shortcomings of any other country. This is the real work of Parliament. We should not preach, I agree with Ro (Khanna). We have to think about all the interests of America. Certainly the economic aspect is important. India is an important partner of ours. It is also an important partner due to the changing scenario at the regional and global level. Thanedar said that he is in favor of a strong relationship between India and America. He said, “We need stronger relations between America and India.”
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