Close X
Friday, November 1, 2024
ADVT 
India

There Are Some Things A Hug Can Buy: Rahul Gandhi's US Visa Jibe At PM Modi

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Apr, 2018 11:54 AM
    Congress President Rahul Gandhi today described the proposed US visa rules as a "huge setback" for India, and in a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there were "some things a hug can buy", but for visas "you're on your own".
     
     
    Mr Gandhi's remarks come amid Trump administration's plan to propose to end giving work permits to the spouses of H1-B visa holders to work in the US, a move that could have a devastating impact on tens of thousands of Indians.
     
     
    "New US Visa Rules, huge setback for India...," the Congress president said on Twitter.
     
     
    "There are some things a hug can buy. For visas, you're on your own," he said in a word play on the MasterCard ad campaign which says, "There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard".
     
     
    "Foreign Policy by Narendra Modi, Foreword by Donald Trump," Mr Gandhi said mocking the government's diplomacy.
     
     
    Mr Gandhi has earlier also attacked the Prime Minister over what he termed 'hugplomacy' after Pakistan released 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.
     
     
    The Trump administration's move to end the Obama-era rule could have an impact on more than 70,000 H-4 visas holders, who have work permits.
     
     
    H-4 is issued to the spouse of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India. They had obtained work permits under a special order issued by the previous Obama administration.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Indian Army Paratrooper Plunges To Death As Parachute Fails To Open

    His parachute did not open after he jumped out of a special operations plane on a training mission from an altitude of 6,000 feet.

    Indian Army Paratrooper Plunges To Death As Parachute Fails To Open

    Shops Shut In Mayiladuthurai To Protest Against Desecration Of Lord Rama's Portraits

    Shops Shut In Mayiladuthurai To Protest Against Desecration Of Lord Rama's Portraits
    Police said about 2,000 shops were closed and all the main streets in the town looked deserted in view of the protest.

    Shops Shut In Mayiladuthurai To Protest Against Desecration Of Lord Rama's Portraits

    Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Explains Why He's Absent From Twitter

    Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Explains Why He's Absent From Twitter
    Raghuram Rajan said he doesn't have the ability to think quickly and respond in 20-30 seconds in 140 characters.

    Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Explains Why He's Absent From Twitter

    Man Hacks Wife To Death Over Her Drinking Habit

    Man Hacks Wife To Death Over Her Drinking Habit
    The tribal, who had been trying to rid his wife of her habit, had a quarrel with her when she returned to their home at Bhuiyantoli drunk on Wednesday evening, the police said.

    Man Hacks Wife To Death Over Her Drinking Habit

    Canadian Man Held At Delhi Airport With Fake Ticket

    Canadian Man Held At Delhi Airport With Fake Ticket
    The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has apprehended a Canadian national at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, who entered terminal 3 on a forged ticket, an official statement said on Friday here.

    Canadian Man Held At Delhi Airport With Fake Ticket

    Education Fee Cap For Indian Martyrs' Children Removed

    Education Fee Cap For Indian Martyrs' Children Removed
    A Rs 10,000 cap on the education fee paid to the children of military personnel killed in the line of duty has been removed, the government announced on Thursday.

    Education Fee Cap For Indian Martyrs' Children Removed