Why 2020 U.S Elections Will Impact India-U.S Relations

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INDIA–UNITED STATES RELATIONS

Shas helped Indiain the global platform to a large extent
Multilateral export control regimes (MTCR, Wassenaar Arrangement, Australia Group) and support for admission in the Nuclear Suppliers Groupand joint-manufacturing through technology sharing arrangements have become key milestones and a measure of speed and advancement on the path to closer US–India relations

In 2016, India and the United States signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement
India was declared a Major Defence Partner of the United States

Gallup polls found that 74% of Americans viewed India favourably in 2017 and 72% in 2019.

Democratic US Presidential candidate Joe Biden is critical of the Indian government’s decision on the National Register of Citizens (NRC)and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and has also asked New Delhi to take all necessary steps to restore rights of the people of Kashmir

Democratic US Presidential candidate Joe Biden is critical of the Indian government’s decision on the National Register of Citizens (NRC)and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and has also asked New Delhi to take all necessary steps to restore rights of the people of Kashmir

Former US Vice President Biden’s vision statement is in sync with Democratic Congress members who have been critical of New Delhi’s positions in recent months.
The criticism had led to an unusual step that had raised eyebrows in Washington, when Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is said to have cancelled his scheduled meeting in December last year with the influential Congressional committee on foreign affairs because it had Indian-American Congress member Pramila Jayapal, who had introduced the resolution urging India to lift all restrictions in J&K.

This had prompted then Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren to support Jayapal. “Efforts to silence @PramilaJayapal are deeply troubling. US and India have an important partnership—(it)…can only succeed if it is rooted in honest dialogue and shared respect for religious pluralism, democracy, and human rights.”