India rejected criticism of the 'America's Commission on International Religious Freedom' (USCIRF). India said that its criticism is based on the 'misleading' report that Kovid-19 patients in Ahmedabad have been separated on the basis of religious identity. It was reported in the media that patients infected in a government hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat have been separated on the basis of their religion. After this, the US Commission had expressed concern over how to deal with the coronavirus epidemic in India.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Shrivastava said that the USCIRF's comment on religious freedom in India is not enough, which is now misleading on the professional medical protocols to be followed to deal with Kovid-19 in India. Spreading the reports. He said that patients are not being separated on the basis of religion in the civil hospital and in this regard, the Government of Gujarat has given a clarification.
In his statement, Srivastava further said that the USCIRF should stop giving religious color to India's national goal of dealing with the coronavirus epidemic. Earlier, the US Commission had tweeted that it is worried about the news that Hindu and Muslim patients are being separated in the hospital.
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