Modi lobby gets an American handle

In private conversations, American officials, both Democrats and Republicans, acknowledge that one of their biggest mistakes in dealing with an emerging India was their decision to antagonise Modi by scuttling his plans to visit the US in March 2005. They believe the Bush administration’s ill-advised decision not to process his diplomatic visa pushed Modi towards China, Japan and South East Asia in tying up economic deals between Gujarat and Asian regions. Nor did it bring the US the political dividends that then secretary of state Condoleezza Rice expected from New Delhi.

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