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A British lawmaker Debbie Abrahams, who was critical of the Indian government’s move to revoke the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday said she was denied entry into India despite having a valid visa, news reports said.
According to the Press Trust of India news agency, the Labour Party MP said she was deported back to Dubai, from where she had flown to New Delhi. However, Abraham’s claim of having a valid visa was rebutted by the Union home ministry, which said she had been informed about her e-visa being cancelled.
Abrahams, who chairs the All- Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir, said she was travelling on a valid e-visa to India to visit family and friends, but that her visa was revoked without any explanation.
A home ministry spokesperson said the British lawmaker had been duly informed that her visa had been cancelled, and that she arrived in New Delhi despite being aware of this.
Abrahams told PTI that she “had not received any email before 13 February". Her office in the UK confirmed she was put on a plane to Dubai, from where she had flown into Delhi on Monday.
Her e-visa was reportedly issued last October, and was valid until October 2020.
Recounting her experience at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Abrahams said she had presented herself at the immigration desk along with her documents and e-visa but “...the official looked at his screen and started shaking his head". “Then he told me my visa was rejected, took my passport and disappeared for 10 minutes."
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-denies-entry-to-british-mp-11582006895781.html
According to the Press Trust of India news agency, the Labour Party MP said she was deported back to Dubai, from where she had flown to New Delhi. However, Abraham’s claim of having a valid visa was rebutted by the Union home ministry, which said she had been informed about her e-visa being cancelled.
Abrahams, who chairs the All- Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir, said she was travelling on a valid e-visa to India to visit family and friends, but that her visa was revoked without any explanation.
A home ministry spokesperson said the British lawmaker had been duly informed that her visa had been cancelled, and that she arrived in New Delhi despite being aware of this.
Abrahams told PTI that she “had not received any email before 13 February". Her office in the UK confirmed she was put on a plane to Dubai, from where she had flown into Delhi on Monday.
Her e-visa was reportedly issued last October, and was valid until October 2020.
Recounting her experience at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Abrahams said she had presented herself at the immigration desk along with her documents and e-visa but “...the official looked at his screen and started shaking his head". “Then he told me my visa was rejected, took my passport and disappeared for 10 minutes."
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-denies-entry-to-british-mp-11582006895781.html
