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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48139)	3/18/2005 8:14:49 PM
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Modi reacts: If Mush can go, why can't I? INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 02:43:41 PM ] AHMEDABAD: Addressing a press conference hours after being denied a visa to visit the US, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi termed Washington's action as an "insult to India and the Constitution". He said that this was an attempt to show India in bad light by the US and appealed to the Indian government to "rise above political differences" and take up the issue with the American government. "On what basis has the US decided this?" Modi asked. "Where has the US got it's information from? The American government should know that every state in India is ruled by the Constitution and no one can violate that. No court has indicted the Gujarat government or the CM of complicity in the incidents that took place in the state. This is an insult to the Constitution of India." Modi did not directly refer to the Gujarat riots, preferring to call them "incidents". The CM said that Gujarat was being ruled by a "newly-elected" government, that came into power after the elections. He also pointed that there have been no disturbances in the state after 2002 and referred to the Akshardham seige, saying that there was no backlash even after that. "Why is this not being considered by the US?" he asked. He also accused to the US of being dictatorial and high-handed. Modi said that if the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh can go to US - given that minorities have been completely wiped off from both nations - so can he. "Can the Indian government stop an American government official from visiting on the basis of what has happened in Iraq?" he asked. Modi said that he will write to the PM to take up the issue. The minister for external affairs is believed to have already met the PM on the denial of visa to Modi. Modi used phrases like America ka dussahas , America ki manmani and America ka dushkritya during his half-hour press conference.