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Washington, Wed Nov 13 2013, 08:48 hrs
Two top members of a US Congress constituted commission on religious freedom have expressed sadness over nomination of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), terming him as the "poster boy" of India's failure to punish the violent.
"It was another son of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi, who once offered a broad, tolerant vision for the country and its multi-religious society," wrote Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, in a special op-ed Special to CNN on Tuesday.
"So, as 2014 draws nigh, whose vision will be embraced? Which India will prevail - that of religious freedom or religious intolerance? Time will tell," they wrote.
While Swett is Vice Chairwoman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Glendon is a USCIRF Commissioner. The op-ed "The two faces of India" was published on the blog of the popular CNN program "Global Public Square", which is run by eminent Indian American Fareed Zakaria.
"The poster child for India's failure to punish the violent remains Narendra Modi, who is Gujarat's chief minister - a post he held during the 2002 riots," they wrote.
"Gujarat's high court rapped the Modi administration for inaction and ordered compensation forreligious structures that suffered damage. In 2005, the US State Department agreed with the recommendation of USCIRF and others to revoke Modi's visa," they said.
"True, in April 2012, the highest court's Special Investigative Team failed to prove guilt against Modi and others in a case involving the deaths of nearly 70 people. But he remains implicated in other Gujarat-associated cases that have yet to be investigated or adjudicated," the op-ed said.
"That is why, more recently, 65 members of India's parliament wrote to President Barack Obama, requesting that he not issue Modi a visa. Sadly, despite all this, Gujarat's most controversial resident is the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in India's 2014 prime ministerial election," Swett and Glendon wrote.
It was at the recommendation of USCIRF that the then Bush Administration had revoked the US visa of Modi, based on the allegation about his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots. USCIRF has maintained that the Obama Administration should continue the same policy.
'Narendra Modi is a poster boy of India's failure to punish the violent' - Indian Express
Two top members of a US Congress constituted commission on religious freedom have expressed sadness over nomination of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), terming him as the "poster boy" of India's failure to punish the violent.
"It was another son of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi, who once offered a broad, tolerant vision for the country and its multi-religious society," wrote Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, in a special op-ed Special to CNN on Tuesday.
"So, as 2014 draws nigh, whose vision will be embraced? Which India will prevail - that of religious freedom or religious intolerance? Time will tell," they wrote.
While Swett is Vice Chairwoman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Glendon is a USCIRF Commissioner. The op-ed "The two faces of India" was published on the blog of the popular CNN program "Global Public Square", which is run by eminent Indian American Fareed Zakaria.
"The poster child for India's failure to punish the violent remains Narendra Modi, who is Gujarat's chief minister - a post he held during the 2002 riots," they wrote.
"Gujarat's high court rapped the Modi administration for inaction and ordered compensation forreligious structures that suffered damage. In 2005, the US State Department agreed with the recommendation of USCIRF and others to revoke Modi's visa," they said.
"True, in April 2012, the highest court's Special Investigative Team failed to prove guilt against Modi and others in a case involving the deaths of nearly 70 people. But he remains implicated in other Gujarat-associated cases that have yet to be investigated or adjudicated," the op-ed said.
"That is why, more recently, 65 members of India's parliament wrote to President Barack Obama, requesting that he not issue Modi a visa. Sadly, despite all this, Gujarat's most controversial resident is the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in India's 2014 prime ministerial election," Swett and Glendon wrote.
It was at the recommendation of USCIRF that the then Bush Administration had revoked the US visa of Modi, based on the allegation about his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots. USCIRF has maintained that the Obama Administration should continue the same policy.
'Narendra Modi is a poster boy of India's failure to punish the violent' - Indian Express
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Modi poster child of India's failure to punish the violent: US panel
WASHINGTON: Two top members of a US Congress-constituted commission on religious freedom have expressed sadness over nomination of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as BJP prime ministerial candidate, terming him as the "poster boy" of India's failure to punish the violent.
"It was another son of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi, who once offered a broad, tolerant vision for the country and its multi-religious society," wrote Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, in a special op-ed Special to CNN.
"So, as 2014 draws nigh, whose vision will be embraced? Which India will prevail ? that of religious freedom or religious intolerance? Time will tell," they wrote.
While Swett is vice chairwoman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Glendon is a USCIRF commissioner.
The op-ed "The two faces of India" was published on the blog of the popular CNN program "Global Public Square", which is run by eminent Indian-American Fareed Zakaria.
"The poster child for India's failure to punish the violent remains Narendra Modi, who is Gujarat's chief minister, a post he held during the 2002 riots," they wrote.
"Gujarat's high court rapped the Modi administration for inaction and ordered compensation for religious structures that suffered damage. In 2005, the US State Department agreed with the recommendation of USCIRF and others to revoke Modi's visa," they said.
"True, in April 2012, the highest court's Special Investigative Team failed to prove guilt against Modi and others in a case involving the deaths of nearly 70 people. But he remains implicated in other Gujarat-associated cases that have yet to be investigated or adjudicated," the op-ed said.
"That is why, more recently, 65 members of India's parliament wrote to President Barack Obama, requesting that he not issue Modi a visa. Sadly, despite all this, Gujarat's most controversial resident is the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in India's 2014 prime ministerial election," Swett and Glendon wrote.
It was at the recommendation of USCIRF that the then Bush administration had revoked the US via of Modi, based on the allegation about his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
USCIRF has maintained that the Obama administration should continue the same policy.
Modi poster child of India's failure to punish the violent: US panel - The Times of India
WASHINGTON: Two top members of a US Congress-constituted commission on religious freedom have expressed sadness over nomination of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as BJP prime ministerial candidate, terming him as the "poster boy" of India's failure to punish the violent.
"It was another son of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi, who once offered a broad, tolerant vision for the country and its multi-religious society," wrote Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon, in a special op-ed Special to CNN.
"So, as 2014 draws nigh, whose vision will be embraced? Which India will prevail ? that of religious freedom or religious intolerance? Time will tell," they wrote.
While Swett is vice chairwoman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Glendon is a USCIRF commissioner.
The op-ed "The two faces of India" was published on the blog of the popular CNN program "Global Public Square", which is run by eminent Indian-American Fareed Zakaria.
"The poster child for India's failure to punish the violent remains Narendra Modi, who is Gujarat's chief minister, a post he held during the 2002 riots," they wrote.
"Gujarat's high court rapped the Modi administration for inaction and ordered compensation for religious structures that suffered damage. In 2005, the US State Department agreed with the recommendation of USCIRF and others to revoke Modi's visa," they said.
"True, in April 2012, the highest court's Special Investigative Team failed to prove guilt against Modi and others in a case involving the deaths of nearly 70 people. But he remains implicated in other Gujarat-associated cases that have yet to be investigated or adjudicated," the op-ed said.
"That is why, more recently, 65 members of India's parliament wrote to President Barack Obama, requesting that he not issue Modi a visa. Sadly, despite all this, Gujarat's most controversial resident is the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in India's 2014 prime ministerial election," Swett and Glendon wrote.
It was at the recommendation of USCIRF that the then Bush administration had revoked the US via of Modi, based on the allegation about his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
USCIRF has maintained that the Obama administration should continue the same policy.
Modi poster child of India's failure to punish the violent: US panel - The Times of India
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Katrina Lantos Swett and Mary Ann Glendon wants full freedom for american evangelical missionaries to use every known unethical and immoral means to subvert Indian culture and civilization. Denial to allow for such conversions results in visa ban. One wonders why they do not deny visa to Saudi Kings for not allowing Churches in Saudi Arabia
Surely Gujarat has more religious freedom than SA ? 
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Soo true. Modi deserves to be in jail waiting for the hangman's noose, instead he is galavanting around calling himself the next PM. So sad.
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OMG. Sachin in Not Secular.
Oh no... he should stripped off his Khel Ratna award!
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Another gem from these secular scums
Strip Lata Mangeshkar of
Bharat Ratna for praising
Modi: Mumbai Congress chief
In a controversial remark, Mumbai
Congress chief Janardhan Chandurkar on
Tuesday said that the government should
take back noted singer Lata Mangeshkar's
Bharat Ratna if she praises BJP's Prime
Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi
again.
Lata Mangeshkar, while sharing the stage
with Modi at the inauguration of
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune,
had praised him. " I pray to God that what
we want is fulfilled and Narendra Bhai
becomes the PM. This is everyone's wish,"
the singer had said.
Angry at Lata's comment, Chandurkar
said, " The government should take back
any medals or honour given to people
who praise Modi." "I don't want to name
them now.
However, if such comments are made
again I would write to the Centre to
withdraw the honour bestowed on them,"
he added.
Strip Lata Mangeshkar of Bharat Ratna for praising Modi: Mumbai Congress chief : West, News - India Today
Strip Lata Mangeshkar of
Bharat Ratna for praising
Modi: Mumbai Congress chief
In a controversial remark, Mumbai
Congress chief Janardhan Chandurkar on
Tuesday said that the government should
take back noted singer Lata Mangeshkar's
Bharat Ratna if she praises BJP's Prime
Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi
again.
Lata Mangeshkar, while sharing the stage
with Modi at the inauguration of
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune,
had praised him. " I pray to God that what
we want is fulfilled and Narendra Bhai
becomes the PM. This is everyone's wish,"
the singer had said.
Angry at Lata's comment, Chandurkar
said, " The government should take back
any medals or honour given to people
who praise Modi." "I don't want to name
them now.
However, if such comments are made
again I would write to the Centre to
withdraw the honour bestowed on them,"
he added.
Strip Lata Mangeshkar of Bharat Ratna for praising Modi: Mumbai Congress chief : West, News - India Today
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But the best part is the see muslims like Berges and Guynextdoor suck up to American propaganda
Anything for a unjust cause
Anything for a unjust cause
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Oh man,
How can somebody be punished if no evidence is there. I think that we should make a law that at least 100 people can be punished at the discretion of Italian Madam and her dogs to please white skin people. No evidence should be necessary in those case.
How can somebody be punished if no evidence is there. I think that we should make a law that at least 100 people can be punished at the discretion of Italian Madam and her dogs to please white skin people. No evidence should be necessary in those case.
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Oh no... he should stripped off his Khel Ratna award!
BJP was there first, well before congress.
Strip Amartya Sen of Bharat Ratna, says Chandan Mitra
BJP Rajya Sabha MP and proprietor-editor-in-chief of The Pioneer newspaper Chandan Mitra has demanded that Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen be stripped of his Bharat Ratna.
The renowned economist had said in a recent interview that he would not like to see Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the country’s Prime Minister. This riled Mr. Mitra, who tweeted: “Is Sen even a voter in India? Next NDA government must strip him of Bharat Ratna.” He went on to tell ‘Dr. Sen,’ “Don’t peddle your unsolicited comments on India. We know you as an economist who sells Congress line for a living.”
This sparked several reactions on Mr. Mitra’s timeline, with people questioning if the BJP was now against freedom of expression. The MP, however, stuck to his line, adding, “Those who are upset with my suggestion about Dr. Sen and Bharat Ratna, can you show me examples of others who do party politics after getting BR?” He went on to say that the award was a jewel of the country, and ‘Sen shouldn’t join the Congress poll team.’
Dr.Sen, while releasing a book, An Uncertain Glory, spoke of the deprivations that persisted in India despite growth rates, and the need to focus on education and health indicators. He also said he did not want as PM a person (Mr. Modi) who made minorities feel insecure, and had a ‘terrible record.’ Dr. Sen was given the Bharat Ratna by the Vajpayee-led NDA government in 1999.
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