India hits back at US religious freedom commission over RSS sanctions call, defends Hindu group

Highlights: India calls the USCIRF a “biased organisation.” The commission has urged sanctions against RSS members. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is expected in New York on August 29. India says the USCIRF ignores the country’s religious diversity. A US Hindu advocacy group accuses the commission of an “anti-Hindu narrative.” India has delivered a blunt message to a US federal religious-freedom…