Washington DC, Nov. 14 -- India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on Saturday slammed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) over its remarks on jailed activist Sharjeel Imam, asserting that the commission had "no locus standi" to pass judgment on the constitutional rights of Indian citizens.

In a strongly worded post on X, Kwatra rejected the commission's assessment, accusing it of making partisan and ill-informed observations about India's commitment to religious freedom and equal rights.

"USCRIF has no locus standi to sit in judgment over the constitutional rights of Indian citizens. Its habitual partisan, ill-informed, and jaundiced assessments cannot diminish India's constituti...