The U.S. State Department’s criticism of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act is “misinformed and unwarranted”, India said on March 15, in a sharp rebuke.
In a weekly press briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal argued in support of the inclusive provisions of the Indian constitution and dismissed any concern regarding the Act, describing it as “laudable”.
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