"Vile, unacceptable": US lawmakers condemn attempted arson at Indian Consulate - Punjabi News

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“Vile, unacceptable”: US lawmakers condemn attempted arson at Indian Consulate

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The Fact News Service

Washington, July 7

Several lawmakers in the United States condemned the attempted arson and violent rhetoric aimed at Indian diplomats, including the Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu,

US Congressmen Shri Thanedar, Rich McCormick and Brian Fitzpatrick, from Michigan 13th district, Georgia’s 6th Congressional district and Pennsylnania’s 1st Congressional district respectively, took to Twitter to register their outrage at attempts by pro-Khalistani elements to “instil terror”. A group of Khalistan radicals, on July 2, tried to set the Indian consulate in San Francisco on fire.

US Congressman Shri Thanedar criticised the incident in a strong-worded tweet.

“I condemn in the strongest possible terms the attacks at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. Violence and attempts to instil terror are unacceptable in democracy,” tweeted Thanedar.
McCormick termed the attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco as ‘unacceptable’.

He tweeted, “This attack on the Indian consulate in San Francisco is vile and unacceptable. Americans stand by our allies and our patriotic Indian-American community.”