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NEW DELHI: US President Barack Obama warned India it would not succeed if it splintered along religious lines, sounding a note of caution after two days of mostly upbeat talks with the country鈥檚 premier.
Obama told an audience of mostly young Indians that everyone should be able to practice their faith without fear of persecution, recalling that the mainly Hindu country鈥檚 constitution enshrined freedom of religion.
鈥淣owhere is that more important than India, nowhere is it going to be more necessary for that foundational value to be upheld,鈥� he said.
鈥淚ndia will succeed so long as it is not splintered along lines of religious faith.鈥�
India is a secular country, but its history is marked with outbreaks of religious violence, notably against its sizeable Muslim minority.
The issue of religious freedom has become particularly contentious since the election last year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The US blacklisted Modi following violence that left at least 1,000 people dead in Gujarat, where he was state chief minister before winning last year鈥檚 election.
Modi, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), denies any wrongdoing and the Indian courts have cleared him of all charges.
But the failure of his administration to control the violence and his refusal to apologize have left a legacy of distrust and suspicion.
Modi has also been heavily criticized for failing to speak out against a BJP lawmaker who recently called for Hindu women to have at least four children to 鈥減rotect鈥� their religion and supported a recent spate of 鈥榬e-conversions鈥� to Hinduism.
Modi and Obama have been at pains to stress their rapport throughout the three-day visit, which came just months after the US president hosted India鈥檚 new premier in Washington.