{"id":17572,"date":"2026-05-19T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/india-cant-avoid-global-responsibility-us-congressman-ians-live\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:32:29","slug":"india-cant-avoid-global-responsibility-us-congressman-ians-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/india-cant-avoid-global-responsibility-us-congressman-ians-live\/","title":{"rendered":"India can\u2019t avoid global responsibility: US Congressman – IANS LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, May 19 (IANS) US Congressman Ro Khanna said India must increasingly act like a global power and take on greater international responsibilities as it rises economically and strategically on the world stage.
Speaking at the Capitol Hill Summit 2026 organised by the US-India Friendship Council, Khanna said India\u2019s growing influence carried obligations beyond regional politics and economic growth.
\u201cIndia has to decide who it wants to be as it enters this place of world leadership,\u201d Khanna said during a panel discussion on defence, technology and energy cooperation. \u201cYou can\u2019t say you want to be a world leader, but then shrink away from responsibility.\u201d
Khanna specifically pointed to the Ukraine conflict, arguing that India could play a constructive diplomatic role because of its longstanding ties with Russia.
\u201cI\u2019ve been very vocal in India as well as here that India can play a very constructive role in helping bring the war in Ukraine to an end,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has lines of communications with Russia.\u201d
Noting that India historically sought to maintain a non-aligned position in global affairs, Khanna suggested the geopolitical realities of the 21st century required New Delhi to take clearer positions on international crises.
\u201cIndia has its own aspirations,\u201d Khanna said. \u201cFastest growing economy in the world. It has to decide who it wants to be.\u201d
Despite recent tensions over tariffs and trade policies under President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, Khanna said the broader strategic logic of the US-India relationship remained unchanged.
\u201cNothing fundamentally has changed about our long-term strategic interest,\u201d he said.
Khanna argued that both Democrats and Republicans in Congress continued to strongly support closer engagement with India, particularly on defence, technology and Indo-Pacific security cooperation.
At the same time, he criticised what he described as anti-Indian voices within sections of the Trump administration.
\u201cI do think there\u2019s folks like Peter Navarro and others inside the administration that are very anti-Indian,\u201d Khanna said.
Earlier in the summit, Khanna delivered a broader philosophical defence of a values-based US-India partnership, warning against nationalism and authoritarianism.
\u201cIt is what are the values that will undergird the US-India relationship,\u201d he said. \u201cAre we going to form an alliance of convenience based on nationalism?\u201d
Khanna called for the two democracies to work together in promoting pluralism, democratic governance and international cooperation.
\u201cWe must, as the United States, build a multiracial democracy and work with India as a multiracial democracy,\u201d he said.
The congressman also reflected on his own political journey as an Indian American, recalling that he was once told an Indian American of Hindu faith would struggle to win elected office in the United States.
\u201cOne of the very few people who would say, \u2018You keep at it, you keep working, this country will make space for you,\u2019 was Swadesh,\u201d Khanna said, referring to US-India Friendship Council chairman Swadesh Chatterjee.
Khanna represents California\u2019s Silicon Valley-based 17th Congressional District and has emerged as one of the most prominent Indian American voices in Congress on technology, democracy and foreign policy issues.
–IANS
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