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Its humiliating, says Azam Khan; decides to
cut short US visit
Friday April 26, 2013 10:10:13 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has decided to cut short
his US trip after his "long and humiliating frisking" at the Logan
airport in Boston, an official here said.
In a statement issued by his personal assistant Muktinath Jha late
Thursday, the minister alleged that on the pretext of frisking him
homeland security officials humiliated him, and that he was
targeted because he is a Muslim.
Although Azam Khan, who is the urban development and parliamentary
affairs minister, would deliver a lecture at the Harvard Business
School (HBS) on organising the Maha Kumbh Mela as planned, he
would not participate in the lunch and dinner functions and other
events, the statement added.
"The minister will officially register his protest at the HBS
where he is to deliver a lecture on the successful management of
Kumbh and crowd management," his assistant told IANS.
The minister alleged that he was detained in the immigration
chamber for more than an hour.
"This is simply unacceptable", he told his secretary over
telephone while asking him to issue a statement on his behalf.
The minister said that he would decide his future course of action
after returning to India while adding that he regretted his
decision to go to the US.
Azam is part of a delegation invited by the prestigious business
school to deliver a lecture on organising the Maha Kumbh Mela in
Allahabad and the challenges faced by the administration in
managing millions of people from across the world who attended the
mega event, billed as the biggest religious congregation in the
world, from Jan 14-March 12 this year.
HBS had sent research teams to Maha Kumbh Mela, following which
the B-school invited the Uttar Pradesh chief minister and his team
to its US campus to share their experiences with students and
faculty members. The team will make a 40-minute presentation
Friday.
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