The petition to block Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence was covered in Newsweek!

Tulsi Gabbard's Ties to India's Modi and His Hindu Nationalist Movement

"Having someone like Tulsi so closely tied to the RSS and its affiliates in America benefits India at a time when India is basically run by the RSS," independent journalist Pieter Friedrich told Newsweek.

Friedrich wrote in The Caravan that Gabbard has visited India "only once" on personal invitation from Modi.

"I believe that fundamentally the chief concern is her foundational ties to the Hindu nationalist movement," he told Newsweek.

Gabbard's connections to the RSS have been documented. The organization is considered a foundational part of the Hindutva political ideology that calls for Hindu hegemony in India.

Friedrich provided evidence to Newsweek that thousands of dollars in donations to Gabbard's campaigns came from leaders within the international wing of the RSS, in addition to the Overseas Friends of the BJP—the latter of which Gabbard spoke to in Los Angeles and Atlanta in 2014, according to information provided to Newsweek by journalist Christine Gralow of the local outlet Meanwhile in Hawaii.

In August 2020, the Overseas Friends of BJP registered itself under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). According to DOJ rules, the group is required to "to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities."

When Friedrich asked Gabbard about her ties to RSS, he says that she sidestepped the question, noting that she's a soldier who took "one oath in my life to serve and protect this country."

Friedrich recently created a petition in hopes of discouraging Gabbard's confirmation to become the next head of U.S. intelligence.