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U.S. Looks Forward to Welcoming Modi
WASHINGTON: U.S. has reiterated that it looks forward to welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite an online petition seeking cancellation of his visit.
An online "We the People" petition to the White House initiated by U.S. based Sikhs for Justice had demanded that instead of hosting Modi at White House, President Barack Obama should condemn Modi and ban his Bharatiya Janata Party "for perpetrating violence against Muslims, Sikhs and Christians."
However, State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters Tuesday that a number of signatures were removed from the petition as "some fraud checks indicated a high number of anomalous signatures."
"Users can still sign the petition, and if it garners 100,000 non-fraudulent signatures before the deadline, I think it will receive an official response," she said. "So again, people are free to express themselves."
"However, we, the President, the Secretary (of State John Kerry) look forward to welcoming Prime Minister Modi to the United States," Harf said.
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Source: IANS
