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Rep. Gabbard participated, in multiple instances, in events organized by the Sangh Parivar in the U.S. :
- Among others, she attended an ‘Overseas Friends of BJP’ (OFBJP) conference in Atlanta on 22nd August 2014, and was photographed wearing a BJP sash.
- In this video of her speech at the event, she admits that she is in touch on a “if not daily basis, a weekly basis” with HAF [0:52]. She also admits that she attended another event with the same group an year earlier [0:05].
- In the same video, she congratulates the audience for their efforts to get the BJP elected
- Another video of the same OFBJP conference, in which Dhiru Shah of the HAF encourages the audience to donate to Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign because they need her support [at 1:00].
- Attended and spoke at the World Hindu Economic Forum in Irvine, CA in November, 2016
- Criticised the testimonial that the vice-Chair of U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom, Katrina Lantos, offered to Tom Lantos’ Human Rights Commission regarding the impact of the BJP government on minority rights in India.
- In December 2013, prior to Modi’s election, Gabbard opposed HR 417, which praised India’s “rich religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality” but reaffirmed “the need to protect am the rights and freedoms of religious minorities,” specifically referring to incidents of deadly violence against minority Muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002, when Modi was the state’s chief minister.
- Attended and spoke at World Hindu Council of America (VHPA)’s Diwali celebration in Atlanta in 2013.
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard should not attend the WHC.
- Tulsi Gabbard should issue a public statement clarifying that she will not be attending the WHC.
- Politicians and media outlets should hold Tulsi Gabbard accountable for her association with these hate groups.
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