India rejects Bidens claim xenophobia hobbling its economic growth [Video]

India has dismissed US president Joe Biden’s assertion that “xenophobia” was causing the economies of certain South Asian nations to stall.

Foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told a roundtable hosted by The Economic Times newspaper that India’s economy “is not faltering”. India has historically been a society that is very open, he said.

“That’s why we have the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), which is to open up doors for people who are in trouble … I think we should be open to people who have the need to come to India, who have a claim to come to India,” Mr Jaishankar said, referring to a recent law that allows immigrants who have fled persecution from neighbouring countries to become citizens.

Earlier this week, Mr Biden said “xenophobia” in China, Japan and India was …