Mixed reactions to Modi's speech on human rights and terrorism in US Congress.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to a joint meeting of Congress drew mixed reactions from lawmakers amid criticism raised by Democrats and human rights activists about anti-democratic developments taking place in India. Several Democrats boycotted the speech, and human rights activists protested outside the Capitol complex. Modi's insistence that nothing is wrong with the state of democracy in India hinted at the balance the US is trying to strike by nurturing a close relationship with a country and a leader with a record of crackdowns on political opposition, the media, civil society, and religious minorities.