Mumbai:US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday refused to comment on the recent protests against the Election Commission, terming it an “internal political matter.” Rubio, currently in India on an official visit, was also dismissive of the reference to UN experts’ criticism of the protests. According to a release issued by the Department of State on Wednesday, Rubio also said that the UN “experts are the oxymoron.” “It’s a domestic political matter. I’m not going to get involved in their politics. This is a democracy.

They have elections here, so I’m not going to opine on their domestic political matters,” he said in response to a question on protests from the opposition and students in India. Rubio said that even the US witnesses protests every day and that they are reflective of the political discourse and differences of opinion.