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August 27, 2016 13:13
BJP MP denies U.S. visa for turban!

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Lok Sabha was denied to US visa after officials objecting his turban at the U.S. Embassy. BJP MP from Bhadohi, Virendra Singh, refused to remove his turban citing it was a matter of his “traditional honour” which he cannot remove.

The Hindu reported, he had applied for a visa after a group of U.S. experts and officials visited him to learn about agriculture and invited him to visit the American countryside.

Mr. Singh said that, “I am a wrestler and an agriculturalist and I wear a turban as a sign of my dignity and pride. I cannot compromise on my turban for going to the U.S. I had been invited by U.S. officials to visit their country and give lectures on agricultural issues, but when I visited the embassy on Wednesday, the officials asked me to come with photographs without the turban and ordered me to take it off.”

The U.S. Embassy said in response, that it follows a non-discriminatory policy on visas. “During the visa application process, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi does not ask individuals to remove turbans or other religious dress.”

The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that, “We have seen his comments on TV. Once the issue is taken up with us at the official level, we will try to find out the grounds on which the visa was denied and what the U.S. rules for visa are.”  

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