New Delhi: Donald Trump has won the US presidential election. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also called him and congratulated him. People have now started thinking about the relations between India and America. Because during Trump’s first term, relations between India and America had improved significantly. But there is one thing which can increase the tension between India and America this time. This is a matter of religion. Trump has clearly said in his speech that he will take Christianity forward. But the situation is different in India. Here people of Christian religion are often accused of forcibly converting people of Hindu religion.
Let us tell you that Trump’s evangelical base wants space to continue his global conversion mission. Jim Risch, the man who will become the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has his own concerns and objectives related to “religious freedom” in India and restrictions on funding for churches. And the groups that are going to enjoy historic access to the White House are likely to have strong views on real or perceived attacks on the rights of Christian minorities, including in contexts like Manipur, where internal conflict over religion is also an issue.
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How will the tension increase?
The Indian political system is clear that such Christian networks are a threat to “Indian civilization”. There is a deeply entrenched belief that conversion takes place on a large scale in some parts of India, often through inducement and fraud and that foreign funded NGOs are the vehicle for this. And there is clarity, especially in the Home Ministry, that this cannot be allowed.
India This issue is spread over a wider area. There may be difficult talks between India and America on this issue. Simply because both are coming with their own ideological world views, interest groups and constituencies, and fears and objectives. Bridging the potential gap in these areas, where Trump will be even stronger than in his first term, given his otherwise chaotic management style and diplomatic recriminations via social media, depends on how well both governments What kind of political space do we have to deal with each other?
How will the two countries come together?
In such a situation, the biggest question is that when Trump moves forward on Christianity, India will appear different from him here. Because people have different views regarding Christianity in India. This includes forced conversion as well as conversion by luring. In the coming times, it will be interesting to see how two big countries India and America make their point on this issue.
Tags: Donald Trump, India US
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 8, 2024, 08:20 IST
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