John Kerry’s India visit: paving the way for Modi’s US visit By Deepak Parvatiyar July 29, 2014 There is more to the US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to New Delhi than meets the eye. The visit is definitely meant to set up the base for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s forthcoming US visit in September this year on an invitation from President Barrack Obama. But can Kerry succeed in setting the tone for Modi’s visit? Modi was banned from travelling to the United States under the International Religious Freedom Act (after the Gujarat riots of 2002). He was continuously denied the US visa since 2005, when the US government had patently rejected the Indian foreign ministry’s request to reconsider its arbitrary decision. From Pariah to PM Time has taken a full circle now and nothing can be more exciting than Narendra Modi’s visit to the USA. Today, as India’s PM, he is expected to take forward the Indo-US relations to new levels, in a curious twist of irony! Giv
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