The White House had criticized about the harassment of a journalist  who came forward to ask some questions to P.M Narendra Modi when he was doing joint press conference with Joe Biden in Washington on June 22  about the racial discrimination against religious minorities in India .US national security council spokesperson John Kirby had commenced  that the harassment is completely unacceptable and unethical to the very principle of democracy that had been shown to the  press conference of  India.

REACTION OF JOE BIDENS ADMINISTRATION OF WSJ REPORTER HARASSMENT:

Sabrina Siddiqui ,a journalist  of Wall Street Journal faced criticism for asking some questions about the racial discrimination against the minorities when Modi was present in the dine  meeting with Joe Biden .The criticism had been coming from many political leaders including BJP leader Amit Malabya .Malabya had told on twitter  that the question had been posed to PM Modi had been destroyed completely  from the root when  the question had  been asked about the steps that will be taken for the prosperity of Muslim  and other minority communities .Viewing the harassments on social media about her personal and professional life Siddiqui had posted some photos of Indian cricket team of her cheering and had commented- “Sometimes identities are more complex than they seem”. The Wall Street Journal and South Asian Journalist Association had defended Siddiqui and told that these types of harassment are not acceptable and they referred Siddiqui as “a respected journalist known for her integrity and unbiased reporting.” WSJ conferred that they will not accept this insult and take proper step against it. South Asian Journalist Association added, “We want to express our continued support of our colleague @SabrinaSiddiqui who, like many South Asian and female journalists, is experiencing harassment for simply doing her job,”

PM MODI WAS ASKED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION:

During his first state visit in US Modi had to face many challenging questions by some newspaper reporters where Siddiqui, one of the famous journalists of WSJ journal asked Modi ji about the racial discrimination of India and posed a question what initiatives will be taken by govt to improve the rights of Muslims and other minority communities and uphold free speech. In response PM Modi had told that there is no racial discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, age and geographical location. He added, “Indeed, India is a democracy. And as President Biden also mentioned, India and America, both countries, democracy is in our DNA. Democracy is our spirit. Democracy runs in our veins. We live democracy.”

 COMMENT OF JOHN KIRBY AND PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN -PIERRE:

When press reporters asked about Biden’s reactions on Modi’s response on human rights, White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre had told that PM had told all about it and the critics can write anything on newspaper but she will not tell anything about that. She also commenced on the harassment by adding the message of Kirby that they had given the freedom of press and for that they had given press conference last week.

JOHN KIRBY:

We’re aware of the reports of that harassment.  It’s unacceptable.  And we absolutely condemn any harassment of journalists anywhere under any circumstances.  That’s just — that’s completely unacceptable.  And it’s antithetical to the very principles of democracy that — that — you’re right — were on display last week during the state visit.

PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE:

So, there’s one thing I just want to address really quickly, which I think is really important.  It goes to Kelly O’s question about Sabrina and what she has been dealing with since Thursday.

So, I just want to just reiterate a little bit what John said — is that we’re certainly — here, at the White House, under this administration, we’re committed to the freedom of the press, which is — which is why we had the press conference last week.  So just want to remind folks that’s why we had the press conference last week.

And just to also just repeat what you just all heard from my colleague: “We certainly condemn any efforts of intimidation or harassment of a journalist or any journalist that is just trying to do their job.  And so, I just want to “.