One day people of the world will stand in queues for Indian visas: Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that a day will come when people from all over the world will stand in line for Indian visas. Modi said this in a podcast aired on Indian journalist Nikhil Kamath’s channel ‘Zerodhaar’ on Friday (January 10).
The Indian Prime Minister also said, ‘The United States refused to grant me a visa in 2005. At that time, I had said in a press conference that one day the whole world will stand in line for Indian visas. I had said this in 2005. Now I see 2025, now it is India’s time… I used to say publicly, if you (Native Indians) do not return to India, you will regret it, the world is changing.’
Incidentally, the United States cancelled Modi’s visa in 2005 for not taking effective steps to stop the riots in Gujarat in 2002. Washington did not issue him another visa for 9 years.
The British media outlet BBC reported that more than 1,000 people were killed in the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. Most of the victims were minority Muslims. Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of the state at that time. He was accused of not taking any action to prevent the riots. On that charge, the US revoked Modi’s visa in 2005.
However, the situation changed after Modi came to power in 2014 after winning the Indian elections by a landslide. When he took office as the Prime Minister of India, he was re-issued a visa. As the head of the Indian government, he was given an A-1 visa by the US.