US group that sought Modi visa rejection behind call for sanctions on Shah

USCIRF's calls for sanctions against Amit Shah were preceded by at least four warnings about the anti-Muslim nature of NRC and CAB

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) yesterday called for sanctions against India’s home minister Amit Shah and “other principal leadership” without directly naming either the Indian Prime Minister or any other minister in his cabinet. The trigger for the calls on Amit Shah was the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. 

USCIRF is the same body that had successfully convinced the US government not to issue a tourist visa to Modi in 2005. In 2008, the commission again stated, “We urge the U.S. State Department to reaffirm its past decision