# India slams USCIRF as biased and silent on US hate crimes 2026-11-10T12:41:56+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets India on Tuesday (10 November) strongly criticized the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), calling it a 'biased and ill-informed organisation' with a 'blatantly political agenda'. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal accused the commission of consistently staying silent on attacks on religious places and hate crimes targeting the Indian community in the US. 'Prejudiced entities like the USCIRF can hardly be taken seriously,' Jaiswal said during a media briefing. The MEA's remarks follow a foiled plot in October 2026 to attack a Hindu temple in Illinois, where a self-identified neo-Nazi allegedly tried to shoot a man outside the Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple. Over 100 US lawmakers have urged the FBI to investigate the incident as a federal hate crime. A study cited by the lawmakers found more than 542,000 anti-South Asian hateful posts on X between January 2025 and June 2026. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both the Hans India and Times of India reports uniformly carry the MEA spokesperson's strong criticism of the USCIRF, attributing identical quotes to Randhir Jaiswal. The Hans India report provides additional context by detailing the foiled attack on a Hindu temple in Illinois and the US lawmakers' letter to the FBI, while the Times of India report focuses more narrowly on the MEA's accusation of silence on hate crimes. Neither source includes the USCIRF's own response or any countervailing perspective, leaving the coverage as a straight relay of the official Indian government position. The combined effect is one-sided reporting, with the extra detail in the Hans India report serving to substantiate the MEA's charge of silence. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - thehansindia.com (neutral report) Straight relay of MEA statement with no counterpoint - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Narrowly focuses on MEA's criticism without USCIRF response This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: FBI, Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple, United States, USCIRF Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/india-slams-uscirf-as-biased-and-silent-on-us-hate-crimes/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/india-slams-uscirf-as-biased-and-silent-on-us-hate-crimes/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/