Modi US visa row: CPM MP Yechury says he didn't sign any letter

New Delhi: The controversy over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's US visa has got more twists and turns. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury has been denied signing the letter sent to US President Barack Obama against a visa to Modi while MPs say he must have forgotten that he signed it.

Yechury, whose name figures at number 9 on the letter written in late 2012, on Tuesday had refuted claims that he was one of the MPs who has reached out to Obama to halt Modi's visit. He had said, "I would be the last person to write to the US Administration and to do something like this. We don't want anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of the country. Secondly, it is up to the US government to decide on giving visa."




Mohammed Adeeb, Independent MP from Rajya Sabha, had expressed surprise on Yechury's retraction and said that Yechury had signed the letter. He said, "Yechury must have forgotten about it as the letter is six-months-old or he must be thinking that I have written some new letter and forgigng his signature. This is a letter which he signed in November 2012. His name is there."Adeeb took the initiative for this campaign and had said that they sent letters to Obama again because of the current campaign and initiative being taken by BJP President Rajnath Singh for getting a US visa for Modi. Rajnath, who is on a visit to Washington, will meet US lawmakers, think tanks and the US government officials during which he said he will urge the Americans to lift the ban on visa for Modi.

The letter signed by 65 MPs asking Obama to withhold Modi's visa is being re-circulated by the American council of Muslims.

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