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Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005

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Challenge to sovereignty

Sir, — The move is a challenge to India's sovereignty. The U.S. has no right to pronounce judgments against the head of a government in India and declare him responsible for violating religious freedom. It is unfortunate that The Hindu published an editorial supporting the U.S. action.

C. Venkataramaiah,
Guntur, A.P.

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Sir, — The Indian judiciary is impartial and the trial in the Gujarat riot cases is on. The U.S. should not have pre-judged the verdict. On the one hand, the U.S. invites Israeli leaders, and calls Pakistan that is under military rule a frontline state in the global war on terror. On the other, it turns down the visa application of an elected representative.

S. Vidhya Poorna,
Dharmapuri, T.N.

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Sir, — The U.S. should not have passed a judgment on the happenings of Gujarat. India has its legal system and one has to patiently await its verdict. That The Hindu is endorsing the hasty judgment is unfortunate.

U.N. Bhat,
Bangalore

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Sir, — Washington's argument that the visa was denied on the basis of the NHRC's findings (March 20) is amusing.

Since when has the U.S. started taking the opinion of internal public agencies of a country into account while deciding on visas for elected leaders?

J.V. Sharma,
Westmead, New South Wales

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Sir, — The NHRC report is not the last word in such matters.

Rakesh Kumar Shukla,
Pantnagar, Uttaranchal

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Sir, — The U.S. is in the process of mending relations with the Muslim world. The visa issue should be seen in this context. It is just a compulsion of time and the issue suits Washington.

R. Ramachandran,
Hounslow, U.K.

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Sir, — The denial of visa to Mr. Modi is hardly justified. He got the mandate in the elections held after the 2002 riots, which proved that the people of the State continued to have faith in him.

M. Jeyaram,
Madurai, T.N.

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Sir, — There is no proof that Mr. Modi was involved in the riots. The U.S. should look in its own backyard to see how it has dealt with prisoners of war in Iraq and other places.

Why should any country in the world give visa to George Bush who is responsible for the destruction of Iraq?

Suman Barthakur,
Guwahati

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