Protests, black flags await PM Narendra Modi during US visit

Mangalore Today News Network

Washington, Sep 23, 2014:  In what could act as a spoiler to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s action-packed US visit this week, several anti-Modi groups will hold a series of protest rallies when he travels to New York and Washington.

The recently-formed Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA) on Monday announced that it will show black flags to Modi when he heads to the Madison Square Garden in mid-town Manhattan in New York on September 28. Modi is scheduled to address a huge Indian-American community reception at the venue.

The Sikh For Justice announced to convene a "Citizens’ Court" to "indict" Modi at a park in front of the White House on September 30, when the Prime Minister would be meeting US President Barack Obama at his Oval Office.

"The ’indictment’ proceedings will be conducted in a replica courtroom set up in the President’s Park right in the front of the White House. The ’chargesheet’ issued by SFJ lists actions of Modi" during the 2002 Gujarat riots, a statement from the Sikh group said.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews