New York: An American Hindu organisation asked Vice President J D Vance to “engage with Hinduism ” after he said that his wife, Usha, “encouraged” him “to re-engage” with his faith.

Vance is facing criticism over his comments regarding his interfaith marriage after saying he eventually hopes that Usha, who grew up in a Hindu household, “is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved in by church.”

Hitting back at his critics, Vance on Friday said it was his wife who encouraged him to re-engage with Christianity.

“My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago,” he said.

Responding to Vance’s remark, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) issued a statement on Friday calling on him to

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