US security agencies extra cautious about protests during PM Modi's visit
FirstpostThe agencies are extra-cautious in the backdrop of the March attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco by pro-Khalistani groups who were protesting police action against radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Punjab. Security agencies in the US are adopting heightened measures while considering approvals for protest groups during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the country, intelligence sources told News18. U.S. rights groups are planning protests against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington over what they call India’s deteriorating human rights record, even though experts do not expect Washington to be publicly critical of New Delhi, Reuters reported. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal before his first state visit to the United States, Modi stated, “India deserves a much higher, deeper, and wider profile and role.” Modi’s US visit is expected to give India access to critical American technologies Washington rarely shares with non-allies, strengthening a new bond that is underpinned by not just global politics but also business and economics.