BJP Reacts To Visa Denials For Foreign Speakers At Hyderabad Bharat Summit
The two-day conclave (November 13–14) is organised by the Congress and the Telangana government.
Hyderabad: The Bharat Summit in Hyderabad has turned into a major political flashpoint as Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Saturday called it an "anti-Bharat Summit" and defended the cancellation of visas for several foreign invitees, as the BRS asked the Congress-led state government to explain its benefits to Telangana.
The two-day conclave (November 13–14) is organised by the Congress and the Telangana government. Party leaders, including MP Shashi Tharoor, have alleged that roughly 115 of the 315 foreign speakers invited to the summit, including Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng, were denied entry into India or had their visas revoked at the last minute by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, despite having received prior political clearance from the MEA.
Speaking to ANI, Rao said those who had written articles and spoken against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government and the country were being invited with the "sole intention of creating anarchy".
He said cancelling a visa is the prerogative of any government."In the USA, if any person posts anything on social media against the US government, he will also be denied a visa. Even Congress party leaders don't have any right to speak about this visa denial because 63 MPs of the Congress party wrote to the US President back then not to give a visa to PM Narendra Modi. This is nothing but the hypocrisy of the Congress leaders," he said.
