U.S. religious freedom panel urges sanctions on RSS members over Mohan Bhagwat visit

We urge the U.S. government to consider targeted sanctions against RSS members and Indian officials complicit in religious freedom ‌violations, including revoking the visa issued to Mohan Bhagwat, says Asif Mahmood, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON, Aug 26 - A U.S. panel on religious freedom has expressed concern about a visit to the U.S. by the chief of the Hindu nationalist group that is the ideological parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and urged sanctions on the group's members.