“The report lacks transparency on how experts are selected or evidence is gathered. There is a lack of diversity and as a result of that, the report seems to be polemic and biased,” he said, adding the FIIDS’ research has found that reports are connected with the vested interests of some of its staffers.

Hundreds of supporters of PM Modi rallied from the National Monument to the Golden Bridge, organized by Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) USA, expressing confidence in the BJP-led alliance crossing 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections across 16 cities in the US.

The meeting gains significance in the backdrop of some deaths of Indian and Indian-origin students at universities across the US.