You live in Australia and do lot of high decibel rambling against India on this forum. Australia welcomes Modi. US has also sent out a message that they are ready for Modi led government in India.When all the countries who matter are ready to deal with Mr.Modi your continuous tirade hardly matters. As usual Pakistanis prefer to think about riots and killing. India and the world thinks economics and development. The world is on one page on this. If you want to be on another page, that is your prerogative. Choose wisely. You can call me a RAW agent. Because i am very raw in the art of spying or espionage. I am as RAW as it comes.[hilar]
Indian election: Narendra Modi always welcome in Australia, despite visa issues in US, EU
Asia Editor
Catherine McGrath
Updated Wed 7 May 2014, 8:39am AEST
Photo: Narendra Modi is the candidate for the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and is seen as the favourite to win the country's polls which are currently underway. (AFP: Sam Panthaky, file photo)
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Australia has always welcomed visits from Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the past, despite other countries banning him, and would do so again if he becomes India's new Prime Minister.
Mr Modi is the candidate for the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and is seen as the favourite to win the country's polls which are currently underway.
But controversy over his position as Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots saw him denied visas to enter several countries.
Mr Modi was the chief minister in the the state of Gujarat in 2002 when
a train was set on fire, killing 60 people.
Many suspected Muslims were responsible, and in the retaliatory violence that followed, at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were murdered.
Mr Modi was accused of not doing enough to stop the riots, and international condemnation saw him banned from visiting the US and Europe in 2005.
Australia did not take similar action, and Mr Modi has never been denied the right to enter Australia.
Mr Modi first visited Australia in 2001, prior to becoming chief minister, on an officially sponsored trip hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade designed for young political leaders and members of civil society.
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A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says he would be welcome to visit again.
"Narendra Modi visited Australia in 2001 and 2004 and has engaged with Australian officials and state leaders since then," he said.
"Mr Modi has never been denied a visit to visit Australia. He would be welcome to visit again."
Australia's High Commissioner to New Delhi Patrick Suckling has spoken with Mr Modi in recent months by telephone and last met him in mid 2013.
The Australian High Commission speaks to all political players in India.
Since 2002, Gujarat's so called 'economic miracle' has boosted Mr Modi's national profile, putting him into a winning position in the 2014 election.
The European Union lifted its ban on Mr Modi last year and the United States has moved to soften its stance.
US Ambassador to Delhi Nancy Powell met Mr Modi in Gandhinagar, capital of Gujarat in February this year.
"This meeting was part of the US Mission's outreach to senior leaders of India's major political parties in advance of the upcoming national elections" the US Embassy in New Delhi said in a statement issued after the meeting.
Analysts say as the prime minister of a friendly country, Mr Modi would be permitted to travel United States.
However, the US State Department says its visa policy remains unchanged, and at present Mr Modi "is welcome to apply for a visa and await a review like any other applicant".
