Modi seems to have forgotten insult of being denied US visa—seen hobnobbing with Biden
The United States government in 2005 denied a diplomatic visa to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, as it held him responsible for playing a major role in the 2002 riots in his state. It also revoked his existing tourist/business visa.
Both the actions were executed under the country’s Immigration and Nationality Act, the New York Times said. The act says that any person who, “while serving as a foreign government official”, is “responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom”, can be denied an American visa.
The visa ban on Narendra Modi remained for nine long years, and was lifted only after he became prime minister in 2014.
However, the prime minister seems to have easily gulped the insult by the US government as, earlier today, he was seen happily hobnobbing with US President Joe Biden at the QUAD summit being held in Tokyo, Japan.
Not that Biden seemed to be too eager to interact with Modi, though, as a video has gone viral of the latter being pointedly ignored by the former as he happily converses with the recently-elected Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese.
