"The American Sangh has moved to oppose any US politicians who called attention to human-rights violations in India under Modi’s rule. At the same time, it has promoted Hindutva, the BJP’s Hindu-nationalist ideology, as a key 'Hindu-American interest'... https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/how-the-american-sangh-hopes-to-win-the-2020-elections
... and has funded politicians that display a willingness to legitimise and protect the Modi regime. Backed by its organisational power and financial resources, the Sangh has often succeeded in reducing a diverse Indian-American electorate into its loudest, wealthiest voices."
"At a moment when the Modi regime’s deteriorating human-rights record puts it in danger of international condemnation, the Sangh’s committed supporters in the diaspora are working to ensure that they continue to have a voice in the ear of...
... the eventual victors of the US elections, whoever they may be."
"The Sangh... has also perfected the task of monopolising the very Hindu-American representation around which most political claims are made, allowing it to cloak the advance of Hindutva as a furthering of Hindu-American political representation."
"Hindu-American interests are presented as synonymous with support for the Modi regime’s policies, including the CAA, whose discriminatory nature has been condemned by human-rights groups and multiple UN bodies."
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