Kshama Sawant denied Indian visa twice to meet ailing mother, calls it political retaliation

Kshama Sawant, former Seattle City Council member, has been denied an Indian visa twice, preventing her from visiting her ailing mother in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Sawant, a vocal critic of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), has alleged that the denial is a form of “political retaliation” by the Narendra Modi-led government.