US Religious Freedom Body Seeks Sanctions on India's RSS Ahead of New York Rally

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom — an advisory federal panel — urged targeted sanctions (travel or financial restrictions) against RSS members and Indian officials it says are complicit in religious freedom violations. The call came before RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's August 29 Madison Square Garden rally, part of a centenary tour across the US, Canada, and the UK. New Delhi dismissed critics as anti-Hindu.