US visa ban on Narendra Modi to be lifted if he becomes PM: Report

[JI7]

Source: indian express

The nine-year US visa ban on Narendra Modi will automatically be lifted and he would enjoy diplomatic immunity if he becomes the prime minister, a Congressional report has said.

“Modi is widely considered to be one of the front-runners as prime ministerial candidate of his Bharatiya Janata Party. If Narendra Modi were to become Prime Minister of India, he would automatically be eligible for an A-1 (diplomatic) visa as head of state, regardless of the purpose of his visit,” the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in its communication to US lawmakers.

In 2005, the US had denied visa to Modi in the wake of the 2002 Gujarat riots and has since not revoked its decision.

The seven-page report ‘Visa Policy: the case of Narendra Modi’ was prepared by the CRS – an independent and bipartisan wing of the US Congress – at the request of several lawmakers, most who have been opposed to a US visa to Modi.

Read more: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/us-visa-ban-on-narendra-modi-to-be-lifted-if-he-becomes-pm-report/

[Ken Burch]

1. UH...that sets up a precedent Putin could use later.

Do we REALLY wanna go there?

[Ken Burch]

2. SO...it's ok to be a bigoted murderous fascist dickwad, so long as you're leading a government?

[cosmicone]

3. Denying visa to Narendra Modi was outrageous

to begin with. Another case of American exceptionalism -- we had Musharraf the terrorist in chief coming to Camp David at the invitation of GW Bush and Musharraf has personally orchestrated terrorist acts. Modi was just chief minister when riots broke out and he has been cleared of any wrongdoing by three separate independent inquiries.

[Recursion]

4. Concession to reality, sadly

Mostly I'm worried about what's going to happen in a month or so when Congress's vote banks pull through and BJP, Shiv Sena, and their buddies are left in the opposition.