By failing to hold Modi to account, Biden is perpetuating deepening religious persecution against Indian minorities.
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Sunita Viswanath is a co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
By failing to hold Modi to account, Biden is perpetuating deepening religious persecution against Indian minorities.
![US President Joe Biden meets with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on September 24, 2021 [File: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-09-24T154535Z_1804242642_RC2FWP91OB2C_RTRMADP_3_USA-INDIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Only strong pressure from the US can stop the Indian government from further eroding religious freedom in the country.
