He added that sanitation and providing clean drinking water was a major human rights challenge in the country. The US Senator said he is in India to raise human rights and corruption issues and have raised them with the government officials. A key American senator was sharply critical of India on alleged human rights violations, extra-judicial killings and religious intolerance, and said these were "national challenges" that the country faces. Cardin said Modi has been invited to address the US Congress in his "capacity as Prime Minister of India". Talking about "religious intolerance" in India, he said the "problem" has different dimension in different parts of the country.

Source: dna June 01, 2016 18:00 UTC