Modi’s US visit prompts condemnation and protest from Muslim leaders

India's prime minister has a notorious and extensive record of human rights abuses', said a statement from lawmakers

Narendra Modi's state visit to the US has prompted condemnation and protest from Muslim leaders, lawmakers and other allies.

US house representatives Rashida Tlaib, Representative Ilhan Omar, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush and Kweisi Mfume are among those who have said they will boycott the Indian prime minister's address to Congress on Thursday in light of the violence and repression of the media and religious minorities like Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Dalits carried out under his rightwing nationalist government.