“US Ambassador to India Garcetti’s funding For ‘Cultural Preservation’ is heavily tilted towards Islamic sites and missionary partners”, Swarajyamag, May 31, 2023:

“Eric Garcetti had to wait two years before his appointment as Ambassador to India was confirmed by his Senate in March 2023. Indians didn’t mind the delay because he declared in 2021 that he intended to engage directly with our civil society and human rights groups.

For Indians, this was a red rag to a bull, because Garcetti’s statement was interpreted as a formal declaration that the American government would interfere in our domestic affairs. Dismaying visions of toolkits, sub-nationalism, and regime changes, rose.

Oddly, some Americans weren’t too keen on Garcetti, who is also a close associate of President Joe Biden, being sent to India either, because they felt he would end up jeopardizing an important relationship….”

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