Should Narendra Modi Visit United States ? First, Modi Should Read US Religious Commission report- 2014
        

 Varanasi, May 21. Should Narendra Modi Visit United States, the erstwhile sole superpower who demonized an elected Chief minister of world's largest democracy for almost a decade? The US disdain for Modi can only be rivaled by its vicious campaign against Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. But in a sense US venom spewed against Modi was more lethal, as the fight against Castro was essentially ideological one and part of Geo Strategic policies. Attack on Modi has been individual based and he has been put in the  category of  blood thirsty warlord of lawless African region and leaders accused of committing crimes against humanity. For almost a decade Modi was like Idi Amin , whom western media accused of cannibalism and what not.

                                    According to media reports  President Obama  telephoned Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi  on May 16 and invited him to visit Washington  to further strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. The White House said the President called Modi to congratulate him on the Bharatiya Janata Party's success in India's  elections. The President noted he looks forward to working closely with Mr Modi to fulfill the extraordinary promise of the US-India strategic partnership.

                                    Modi took almost three days to acknowledge Obama's gesture in a tweet -                                             Narendra Modi ‏@narendramodi  May 19

In our conversation, @BarackObama & I talked about further strengthening India-USA strategic partnership that will help both nations.

                                   It was not clear whether delay was a deliberate snub to Obama or just normal behavior. One wonder whether Obama and Modi  read or were aware of the report of United States
 Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF) for Year 2014, released on April 30, when Lok Sabha elections were on peak. The report as usual evaluated the status of religious freedom in different countries including India.
                                  It is intriguing why the  USCIRF report was not covered by Indian media. Was it suppressed by interest parties or just an ordinary lapse on part of media person too busy in the last phases of general elections. But since the election campaign was focused on Modi and his alleged Hindutva agenda along with communal polarization , the report was very much relevant thus enormously newsworthy.
                                   The editors of USCIRF was well aware that election process is on in India and its "findings" would have bearing on voters. In fact the report mentions the contour of electioneering in India :
" In the past year, reports of incidents of communal and religiously motivated violence against religious minorities in India increased. Non- government organisation (NGOs) and religious leaders, including from Muslim, Christian and Sikh communities attribute the increase to India's general elections and some politicians' use of religiously divisive language."

                                  Modi has been a pet whipping boy for US establishment, and Every report since year 2002 indicted him for Gujarat riots. Despite Modi being universally recognized as the front runner in the general elections  the USCIRF did not spare him in the election year of 2014. The report says:
                                 The Indian courts are still adjudicating cases stemming
                                 from large-scale Hindu-Christian communal violence in Odisha in 2007-08
                                 and large-scale Hindu-Muslim  communal violence in Gujarat in
                                 2002. NGOs, religious leaders, and human rights activists allege religious bias and                                         corruption and adjudications.(Page-122,USCIRF)
                             
                                 After questioning the competence and integrity of Indian investigation
                                 agencies and  courts, the report notes:
                           
                                " In 2013, a lower court in Gujarat found longtime Gujarat chief minister Narendra
                                 Modi – the current BJP candidate for Prime Minister – not responsible for the death of                                  a prominent Muslim Congress Party leader who was burned alive in 2002. The case
                                 was brought by the leader’s widow, and she reportedly has appealed. Several other
                                 cases where Modi has been implicated for involvement or complicity in the 2002                                          violence continue."
                                One wonders what are the " other cases ", in which Modi has been implicated.. Perhaps there might be some  dossiers against Modi  in the White House thanks to NSA snooping. The USCIRF report for Year 2013 earlier commented on conviction of former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani that she had been made a scapegoat to safeguard Modi.
                               Now, the Yaksha Prashna , Should Modi visit United States ? The proud Indians, Gujaratis and now Banarasis say NO. Modi should visit "land of mammon" ( term used by Mahatma Gandhi) only when United states withdraws all its so called religious freedom reports regarding India  and offer unconditional apology to Indian people , Gujaratis and Banarasis. The US can not say that USCIRF is an independent body because it was very much part of state department and suggests government the policies to be followed . The USCIFR was main culprit in denial of a Visa to Modi.