India’s alleged role in assassination plots across North America has drawn rare criticism inside the U.S. Congress for a nation often cast as a growing American ally.
It was mentioned several times during a hearing on transnational repression held Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, where lawmakers mostly focused on human-rights abuses by China, Russia and Iran.
The hearing included what might have been the most detailed denunciation from any high-profile U.S. politician since allegations of Indian-backed killing plots.
“We often say we’re the oldest democracy in the world — and India’s the largest democracy,” Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine said during a meeting of the U.S. Senate
