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1/n Mr Scott Perry, US Rep for Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, has introduced a bill to recognise Tibet Autonomous Region of China as a 'separate, independent country'. The timing coincides with the Indo-China skirmish in Galwan Valley.
Source: tibet.net/representative…
2/n Mr Perry is a known advocate of pro-India policies in the Congress. Earlier in Jan 2020, he voiced support for the BJP's revocation of Article 370 and the subsequent illegal annexation of IOJ&K.
aninews.in/news/world/us/…
3/n He introduced a bill for the 'independence' of Hong Kong SAR from mainland China also (19 May)
4/n Bills to prohibit US support for UN and WHO until and unless China's membership is 'terminated' and Taiwan is formally inducted/ recognised (19 May)
5/n An earlier bill to support 'independence' of Tibet, just a month after India's revocation of Article 370 in IOJ&K.
6/n Introduced a bill in March 2019 'demanding' that Pakistan eliminate alleged terrorist safe havens used against India.
google.com/amp/s/www.repu…
7/n In May 2018, Mr Perry expressed support for the 'South Asian Minorities Alliance Foundation', a lobby group against Pakistan comprising of dissidents led by former MQM bigwig Nadeem Nusrat.
google.com/amp/s/www.indi…
8/n Mr Perry co-sponsored a bill to keep newly-elected PM Modi (2014) in the US State Dept blacklist but he later withdrew after then US ambassador to India Nancy Powell met Modi. His withdrawal was considered 'significant'.
news18.com/amp/news/india…
9/n In November 2019, Kashish Parpiani of ORF (Mumbai) mentioned the need for India to 'cultivate' members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who aren't members of the India Caucus. Mr Scott Perry was among those listed. Read Parpiani's paper here:
orfonline.org/research/culti…
10/n An examination of Mr Perry's political machinations indicates a persistent advocacy for policies to incriminate China and Pakistan while vindicating BJP regimes since 2014. He is most evidently proving himself an asset for Indian lobbyists.
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