Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first state visit, the US published a report criticising India. The United States has condemned India in its 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom. Recently, US Commission on International Religious Freedom proposed to blacklist India. The commission even urged the Biden government to impose targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies. USCIRF added India to the list of 17 Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs). Ministry of External Affairs had rejected the report published by US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Calling out such indices, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had termed them ‘mind game’.