Chief of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on an unofficial US tour, met Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who is thought for her anti-India stance and opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The LoP met a number of US lawmakers together with Congressman Bradley James Sherman, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, Congressman Ro Khanna, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressman Shri Thanedar, Congressman Jesús G. ‘Chuy’ García, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Congressman Hank Johnson and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
Who Is Ilhan Omar?
Ilhan Omar serves because the consultant for Minnesota’s fifth Congressional District within the US Home of Representatives, protecting Minneapolis and close by suburbs. She assumed workplace in January 2019, changing into the primary African refugee to hitch Congress, the primary girl of color to signify Minnesota, and one of many first two Muslim-American girls elected to the U.S. Congress. Born in Somalia, Omar and her household fled the nation’s civil conflict when she was eight years previous, spending 4 years in a Kenyan refugee camp earlier than relocating to america within the 1990s. In 1997, her household settled in Minneapolis.
Shri @RahulGandhi met with U.S. lawmakers on the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing, Washington, D.C.
Attendees:
Hosted by Congressman Bradley James Sherman
Congressman Jonathan Jackson
Congressman Ro Khanna
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
Congresswoman Barbara Lee… pic.twitter.com/zVUJz5VmrW
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 10, 2024
Ilhan Omar’s Anti-India Stance
Ilhan Omar made headlines by issuing statements important of India on a number of events. Not too long ago, amid diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, Ilhan Omar said that the US ought to absolutely assist Canada’s investigation into India’s alleged function within the killing of Sikh separatist chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
In June 2022, Omar launched a decision within the US Congress that criticized India for alleged human rights abuses, significantly concentrating on non secular minorities similar to Muslims. She referred to as for the U.S. State Division to designate India as a ‘Nation of Explicit Concern’.
In April 2022, Omar referred to as for the U.S. to assessment its safety alliance with India within the Indo-Pacific area. She additionally voted towards a 2019 invoice to scale back the ready interval for Indians in search of everlasting residency or Inexperienced Playing cards. Moreover, in October 2019, Omar expressed her opposition to the Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC) in Assam.
In April 2022, Ilhan Omar visited Pakistan, the place she met with Shahbaz Sharif and Imran Khan, and later travelled to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). India strongly objected to her go to to PoK, labelling it ‘narrow-minded politics’. Two months after this journey, Omar launched a decision in Congress condemning India. A later report revealed that her go to was sponsored by the Pakistani authorities.
BJP Hits Again
The BJP slammed Rahul Gandhi throughout the assembly. “After spewing venom towards Sikhs & operating down India on overseas soil now Rahul Gandhi meets & engages with anti-India Ilhan Omar – 1) Ilhan had launched anti-India resolutions in US Congress 2) She has been towards abrogation of Artwork 370 3) She violated India’s sovereignty & visited PoK on a visit sponsored by Pakistan 4) She met Imran Khan & different such parts to debate “Islamophobia” in India 5) She has been instrumental in peddling hatred towards Hindus,” mentioned BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala.
The BJP chief mentioned, “Why did Rahul Gandhi have to fulfill her? Why is he partaking with probably the most radical anti-India parts on each overseas journey? In BJP virodh – desh virodh is okay?”
