President Biden Holds A Joint Press Conference With Indian Prime Minister Modi

President Biden held a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Modi on Thursday.

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[sachindatt]

His response to specific questions is also a speech.

[Benny-giii]

Modi is looking so nervous very thought of a Press meet! 🤣😂

[toLothair]

@11:57 what happened to the translator, did someone hit a key and change the voice options used.

[skol_RL]

Please God, let Biden not f this up too!

[evanm]

India and America working as one can create so many good things for the world

[EnlightendGlobalCitizen]

Most US / British / Western analysts presumably mean well when they talk about the human rights of minorities in India but are genuinely naive in their understanding of the ground realities. The friction points of majority vs minority issues in India can best be appreciated with the following scenarios / Qs being posed in the context of the US.

1. Will Uncle Sam allow schools that teach hatred of the USA & brainwash students to sabotage the USA from within? Several Madrasas in India do that.
2. Will the US nationalize operations of & donations to Churches, yet give freedom of operations to Jewish & Hindu Temples, Muslim mosques, etc., offer salaries to the employees of such minority institutions but NOT to the employees of Churches, and distribute some of the donations received by Churches to mosques & temples (but not the other way around? This happens in many states in India.
3. Will the US laws allow different civil laws for minorities depending on their religion? E.g. will a US Muslim be allowed not to have to pay alimony because his religion says so? Will US civil laws allow a Muslim to have up to 4 wives because his religion allows it? OR should the civil laws be the same for all US citizens & permanent residents irrespective of their religion? Happens in India.
4. Will the US Govt pay for minorities to visit religious shrines in other countries but not do the same for its own Christian citizens? This happens in India with the expenses of Muslims going for the Haaj to Saudi Arabia being substantially subsidized by taxpayers. Even most Muslim nations do not do this.
5. Will the US allow only minorities (non-Christian) to run religion-based schools but prohibit the majority (Christians) from running academic institutions? This too happens in India.
6. Will the USA allow descendants of Western Europe to teach their own version of history claiming that they once ruled the US, that it is their right to rule the US majority again, that they owe allegiance to past European rulers and not to the current democratic America? Many Muslims in India do so even if they are not even descendants of the foreign invaders. In fact, behind most Muslims of India are the forced conversions, killings of their forefathers, and rapes of their ancestor women but Madrasas teach them false history.
7. Does the US not have different pathways & timelines for immigrants with different backgrounds (refugees/asylum seekers, highly educated, laborers, relatives of citizens, etc.)? If Christians were a minority in Mexico & Canada and abused/harassed because of their religion, would the US not give them an accelerated pathway toward immigration & citizenship?
8. Will the US Christian majority tolerate if Mohammad masquerades as a (Christian) Michael (hiding his real identity) to cheat on Lisa, get her pregnant & insist that she becomes a Muslim if (at all) he still wants to marry her & even then (if she refuses) beat or even kill her? This happens in India quite frequently (#LiveJihad).
9. Uncle Sam denies 50% of the US population (women) the human right to abortion and is responsible for the deaths of 300, 000 or more Iraqi civilians during the 2nd Gulf war that started in 2003 (Weapons of Mass Destruction, anyone?). Irony dies 100 deaths every time Uncle Sam lectures India on its human rights record.

Why should the answers/remedies of India to similar issues be different from those of the USA? Both are democratic & secular countries.

Thinking that India needs different solutions to these Qs than the US is the real issue here that most well-meaning yet naive analysts do not understand.

Insisting that India has communal issues because the US & the West does not understand real issues & their nuances is downright arrogant, delusional & condescending.

Not a single initiative or policy of India has ANY discrimination in its implementation based on religion. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. In fact, Muslims have been recipients of more funds for more policies under PM Narendra Modi's policies than the % of Muslims in India.

As for the Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002, Once the Congress-led UPA Govt Govt came to power at the center in 2004 it used every legal and political means to harass Narendra Modi & prove him guilty of negligence or even active support to Hindu rioters. The Supreme Court of India appointed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that even questioned the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Based on its report, even the Supreme Court gave Narendra Modi a clean sheet.

The reason PM Narendra Modi does not hold press conferences is that the media switches the focus to issues that suit their negative agenda. PM Narendra Modi wants to focus his limited energies on his positive agenda (results are there for everyone to see) & hence does not want to waste his time on negative agenda intending to create a false narrative. Some media complain not because PM Narendra Modi has put any restrictions on them but because he just ignores them & does not fall into their trap of responding to them & deviating from his positive agenda.

Narendra Modi is only as much a Hindu Nationalist leader as, say Donald Trump or Joe Biden are Christian Nationalist leaders of the US.

If & when the Muslim population exceeds 10-20% in the US, Uncle Sam will likely be dealing with the same issues that India is dealing with for decades. Just look at some European cities & countries facing the same challenges. So, US & western media, in general, need to wake up & stop sounding like broken records of "copy-paste" journalism. Instead, learn from India's experiences & empathize.

[Fahad_ibrahim]

Mr Modi what do you think about tree.
Modi - tree is green and we Tie cow in the tree cow gives us milk cow is a great animal, India is great country with cow .

Report - my question was about Tree🥲

[nhussain]

I think, It's the perfect time for President Biden to retire!

[aloochan]

What a lieer modi..says one thing nad dowa opposit..

[manuelmeekattukulam]

Prime Minister Modi has never held a press conference in India in the 9 Years he has been in office.

[anjeetkumar]

Iski press conference dekhne ke baad aap america me hui Rahul ki press conference dekho antar saaf h... Rahul' pc is 1000 time better than that of Modi' pc

[imfunatparties]

Modi refused to utter a word on genocide happening in Manipur. And he talks about democracy! Shame on modi

[tanmoybiswas]

I learnt the paragraph on Cow, but the question is on River!
I couldn't do anything, so I've written the paragraph on Cow!
Modi's answer in short 😅😅

[legacytiger]

we are proud to have a great leader Modi leading the INDIA, way towards 5 trillion dollar economy and then towards 10 trillion dollar economy

[deepend]

Biden never looked this coherent and presidential! Way to go Mr.Modi!!!

[bastinantonysamy]

Modi you are radical fondamentalist. How can you fight against fondamentalism?
When do You make peace in Manipor?

[adnanshabbar]

I am indian Muslim and we r not discriminated against. Such stereotypes.

[marspalk]

Liberals and communist hate PM Modi.

Great he speaks in hindi and being proud Hindu and gives respect to Indian language.

[sujit_barsagade]

In India... In last 9 years This is Modi's first press conference... And Still he's just telling definition of democracy..and Skipped her original question 😔
He cannot answer even a single question ... because he's Habbituated about Indian media questions like ..Do you like mango? If you like how you like to eat? 😅Why you not tired?
Why do you work so much? Like that😅😅

[punitkataria]

Today everyone know that how India's democracy destroyed by BJP😢😢...manipur burnt, wrestler crying for justice, poor people crying for job, 😢