Questions about India’s ties with Russia, competition with China, and the future of New Delhi-Washington relations dominated proceedings during a hearing on the US-India relationship in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday. Members of the Republican and Democratic parties, who sit on the subcommittee of South and Central Asia, questioned a panel of experts about the relationship during the hearing. Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga called the US-India relationship a defining relationship of the 21st century. (ANI) Representatives on both sides of the aisle acknowledged the importance of the partnership and its value to both nations. “The US-India relationship is no longer just important. It is a defining relationship of the 21st century. If America wants a free Indo-Pacific, resilient supply chains, and a world where democracy, and not authoritarianism, sets the rules, then our partnership with India is critical,” said senior Republican Congressman Bill Huizenga, who helms the subcommittee on South Asia. Democratic Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who is the ranking member leading her party’s representatives on the committee, said the US relationship with India …