India cancels visa of Norwegian journalist who questioned Modi

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Prime Minister Modi, why don't you take some questions
from the freest press in the world?
Ten minutes before I am about to leave,
I've literally put on my shoes and just walking
around to make sure that I'm not forgetting anything.
I get a message from the Indian embassy
in Norway and they say, hey, it's urgent.
Can we talk? And then they try to call me
and I pick it up
and then they just tell me over the phone. And so
And actually, you can't go to India.
If you go to India, your visa will not allow you into the country.
They've
said,
oh, look,
she's here.
She's allowed to speak here.
She's allowed to talk about press freedom here.
She's allowed to criticize us here.
But instead, they kind of, it's like a full circle moment
because they proved again why that question in May
was so controversial and sparked such a discussion.
The Ministry of External Affairs have cleared me.
They were the ones giving me political clearance.
And then the Home Department,
because I did get a message from people in the system too
saying it's the Home Department.
Looking like
a larger way
to make sure
this conference
isn't as powerful
as it could have been.
It's going to be chaos when you ruin that conference
or at least damage that conference.
The door is always open for the Prime Minister of India
and I'll fly out to India if I can get in to interview him anytime.
