Denial of Visa to U.S. Commission Not in Indias Interest

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Denial of Visa to U.S. Commission Not in Indias Interest

To,

Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India,

We as a nation take legitimate pride in our being the largest secular democracy and also in our tradition of not only tolerance but respect for all religions. Given such a claim, denial of visa to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, has reduced our standing in the world to that of Cuba, the only other country which similarly denied visa to the US CIRF.

In view of the fact that the members of the Commission wanted to visit Gujarat and Orissa and that denial of visa resulted from LK Advanis plea to the Prime Minister on behalf of his Hindutva mentors and friends, we express our concern on this policy of apparent collusion of the secular UPA Government with those with an agenda of hate and revenge against Christians and Muslims.

Mr. Prime Minister, you and your Government in national interest cannot be identified with extremist Hindu violent groups interests. In view of this we urge the UPA Government to take steps to facilitate the visit of the Commission, whose earlier reports bear testimony to its fairness and absence of any anti-India bias.

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547 Signatures

  • Madhu Chandra
  • Biju Mathew
  • A.S.Narang
  • P.S SAM
    • Comments
    • no comments
  • Arvind J Noel
  • Godrick D'Souza
  • Titus Rock Manickam
  • Lynda Samuel
  • L. Ranjit Singh
  • Harold Singh
    • Comments
    • Being a Secular State there is no reason why we should deny Visa.
  • sushma ramswami
    • Comments
    • In view of the fact that the members of the Commission wanted to visit Gujarat and Orissa and that denial of visa resulted from LK Advanis plea to the Prime Minister on behalf of his Hindutva mentors and friends, we express our concern on this policy of apparent collusion of the secular UPA Government with those with an agenda of hate and revenge against Christians and Muslims.
  • Kailash Dawer
  • Ram surat
    • Comments
    • В
  • Rev. N.K.Chhetri
  • Johnson Chidda
  • Subodh Missal
    • Comments
    • Plz give the chance to visit india
  • Dr. Dasan Jeyaraj, Ph.D.
    • Comments
    • Let us keep India secular and democratic by visible actions of Indian government.
  • R S Lingwal
  • Hywyn R. Singh
    • Comments
    • Shameful, we should have global perspective in our relations with the world.
  • Rev. Sindhu Pani
  • Monica Singh
    • Comments
    • Denial of Visa and joining hands with Hinduavta forces is not good for the "freedom of religion" we have in India.
  • Rev. (Dr.) Indrajit Sanasham
    • Comments
    • To Pray for INDIA
  • Maggie Dorairaj
  • J K Jacob
    • Comments
    • Let not India be known to condone Persecution and Murder of its Citizens
  • Ilangovan Devanbu
    • Comments
    • kindly do not encourage the extremist who cause disturbances to the peace loving community
  • prasanta pattnaik
  • Venusa
  • A.T.James
  • Rajesh Vasava
  • Akhan keishing
    • Comments
    • Respected, Prime minister we would appreciate doing just during your tenant, don't disapoint the Nation for one man pressure,and don't forget that you are voted to be in your position by public not by Advani. thank you
  • I D Suna
    • Comments
    • By this, UPA's secular identity is on risk! The minority community is watching carefully!!
  • suneel kumar pasupula
  • Raju Christi
    • Comments
    • It is very bad when
  • Augustine A Koshy
    • Comments
    • If we try to cover up, it will explod oneday. Why deny the visa?
  • Marilyn Miller
  • Shailesh Pateliya
    • Comments
    • Dear Sir, You as the leader of the country need to now decide that India is DEMOCRACY over COMMUNALISM or vice versa! Let's make 'Mera Bharat' really 'Mahan'.
  • Mahruaii Sailo
  • Shirish Parmar
  • Arul Paul
  • Koodathinal John John
  • Agnelo Rodrigues
    • Comments
    • В
  • Billy Sam Varghese
    • Comments
    • В
  • Asutosh Nayak
    • Comments
    • India is a secular country and current goverment should not fear in allowing US Commission to visit india.
  • B K Prabin
  • Agnel Pereira
    • Comments
    • Dear PM, please save this country from religious fundamentalists and dont allign with them. Please dont make us, Indian citizens, bow in shame in front of the global community. You are doing a great job in taking this country forward, but this country will not progress unless the religious fundamentalism is rooted out completely and that was in summary the recent Loksabha elections verdict was - vote for development, no vote for religion. Please uphold the secular credentials.
  • Jeno Demeczky
    • Comments
    • As a supporter of the ESP school network in Gudjarat, may I draw your attention to this paper: http://bocs.hu/india/cp-risehn.htm
  • iftikhar malik
    • Comments
    • united against tyranny and injustice
  • t.s.s.mani
  • Gerard Oonk
    • Comments
    • Unfortunately this is not the only case of visa denial to people touching on human rights issues in India. I have been denied a visa for the last 7 years because of working with Indian organizations on issues like caste discrimination, the Gujarat massacre etc.
  • Jayan George