Seattle, US:
The Indian consulate in Seattle was confronted with a law and order situation about the denial of the emergency visa to the Indian-American politician Kshama Sawant. The Consulate General of India in Seattle said it was forced to call in relevant local authorities after “certain people” tried to enter the consulate building without permission after office hours and refused to leave.
“Nowadays, the consulate was forced to tackle a laws and order situation that results from the unauthorized entry by certain people in the consulate building after office hours. Despite repeated requests, these people refused to leave the consulate building and be involved in aggressive and threatening Behavior with the consulate staff, “said the consulate general of India in Seattle in a function on X.
Nowadays, the consulate was forced to tackle a laws and order situation that results from the unauthorized entry by certain people in the consulate building after office hours.
Despite repeated requests, these people refused to leave the consulate building and be involved in …
– India in Seattle (@indiainsettle) February 7, 2025
The consulate did not provide any further information about this issue, but Mrs. Sawant, a former city councilor of Seattle, claimed that she was refused the visa because her name was on a “rejection list”.
This is not the first time that Mrs. Sawant's visa application to visit her sick mother in Bengaluru was refused. She claimed that her Indian visa was rejected three times, while her husband, Calvin Priest, received an emergency visa to see her sick mother.
Mrs. Sawant said that together with members of employees she went back to a “peaceful civil disobedience” at the Indian consulate and asked a statement about why her visa request was rejected why her visa request was rejected three times.
“My husband and I are in the Indian consulate of Seattle. They gave him an emergency visa for my mother who was very ill. But rejected mine, literally saying that my name is on a” rejection list “. And refuses to explain Give why we refuse to leave.
A consular officer said that I will be refused a visa, because I am on the “rejection list” of Modi GOVT.
It is clear why.
My socialist municipal council office has adopted a resolution in which modes were convicted of anti-Muslim anti-poor CAA-NRC Citizenship Act. We have also won a historical ban on caste discrimination. …
– Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) February 7, 2025
“A consular officer said that I am being denied a visa, because I am on the” rejection of Modi GOVT “. It is clear why. My socialist municipal council office has adopted a resolution in which Modi's anti-Muslim CAA-NRC Citizenship became law convicted.
Mrs. Sawant is a vocal critic of the government led by Bharatiya Janata party in India and had insisted on the political opposition of the country to speak for critics like she. She had also moved the resolution that prohibited caste-based discrimination in Seattle while she was a member of the Seattle municipal council.
After her decade -long Stint at the Seattle city council, she founded a political organization – employees stuck back, argued for a federal minimum wage of $ 25 per hour and trade union in Big Tech.
