President raised unspecified democracy issues when he sat down with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a official said – amid concerns about press freedoms and democratic 'backsliding.'Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer told reporters traveling with the president that Biden did touch on the freighted topic during his first sit-down with the Indian leader, who is accused of dialing back democratic expression and guardrails even while building immense popularity in his country. The leaders of top industrial nations gathered in New Delhi Saturday, with nearly 130,000 police and paramilitaries standing guard in the city. Streets normally choked with traffic are virtually empty, and stores and restaurants have been shuttered.
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