By India Today World Desk: The White House on Monday condemned the web harassment of a journalist who had requested a query to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a press convention throughout his State go to to the United States.
The journalist, Sabrina Siddiqui from the Wall Street Journal, posed a query to Prime Minister Modi on the rights of minorities in India.
During a White House press briefing on Monday, a journalist from the Wall Street Journal requested John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications on the National Security Council, in regards to the White House’s response to the harassment confronted by their colleague, Siddiqui.
In response to the query, Kirby mentioned, “We’re aware of the reports of that harassment. It’s unacceptable.”
He mentioned that the White House condemned any harassment of journalists anyplace, beneath any circumstances. The White House official additionally mentioned that harassment of journalists was “antithetical to the very principles of democracy”.
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PM MODI ASKED ABOUT MINORITY RIGHTS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday (June 23) throughout a press convention within the US, mentioned that there was completely no area for discrimination in India when requested about steps being taken by the federal government to enhance the rights of Muslims and different minorities.
Responding to a query by a US journalist, he mentioned, “We are a democracy… India and America both have democracy in our DNA. Democracy is in our spirit and we live it and it’s written in our Constitution. There is absolutely no space for discrimination on the grounds of caste, creed or religion.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to India on Sunday evening from his go to to the US and Egypt.