U.S. Denies Going Soft On Narendra Modi

Psaki also "cautioned against linking" U.S. ambassador to India Nancy Powell's recent meeting with Modi saying, "Obviously, we're meeting with a broad range of officials" ahead of India's May general elections.

"There's obviously a political season happening, but we'll meet with a range of officials on the ground, and it's an indication of nothing more than that," she said.

The Human Rights report released by Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday said "The most significant human rights problems" in India "were police and security force abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape; widespread corruption at all levels of government, leading to denial of justice; and separatist, insurgent, and societal violence."

"Other human rights problems included disappearances, poor prison conditions that were frequently life threatening, arbitrary arrest and detention, and lengthy pretrial detention," it said"Authorities continued to infringe on citizens' privacy rights," the report said. "The law in some states restricts religious conversion, and there were reports of arrests but no reports of convictions under those laws."
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