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US: No Entry for Mr. Narendra Modi
The commission chairwoman Katrina Lantos Swett, of the US
commission for international religious freedom (USCIRF) said that
"There is significant evidence linking him (Modi, added) to
the violence and the terrible events that took place in Gujarat
and for this reason, a visa would not be appropriate," In
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Washington: Still a
persona non grata in the US, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi
is again set to talk to the Indian community in 18 cities in North
America via satellite from state capital of Gandhinagar Sunday.
He will be the "keynote speaker" at Gujarat Day celebrations across
North America, according to the organisers of the event,
Indian/Gujarati Samuday of North America, an informal grouping of
several community organisations.
Various ethnic Gujarati associations had decided to celebrate
Gujarat Day in America on May 12 to celebrate the May 1 1960
formation of the State, the organisers said. Modi, they said was
invited to share his vision of "Good Governance" that is the
foundation of Gujarat's growth story
The events to hear Modi will be held in New York; Edison, New
Jersey; Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas,
Texas; Phoenix, Arizona; Riverside, Los Angeles-Norwalk, Placentia
and Fremont (Silicon Valley), California, Chicago, Rolling Meadows
and Bloomington, Illinois; Minneapolis-Edina, Minnesota;
Indianapolis and Merrillville, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; and
Baltimore, Maryland.
Modi, who has been denied a US visa since 2005 for his alleged
role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, last spoke to the Indian diaspora
in North America via satellite in March after the Wharton India
Economic Forum withdrew an invitation to him to speak following
protests from some students and faculty of the University of
Pennsylvania.
While the United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan US federal body has
recently asked the State Department to keep the visa ban on Modi,
the US business has been warming up to the controversial leader.
A delegation from the US, including members of the House of
Representatives and business leaders, led by Republican House
member Aaron Schock recently met Modi in Gandhinagar recently and
lauded the state's economic development under his leadership.
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