US delegates were sold $16000 package to meet Modi

[1983-2011]

Chicago: Organizers of the US delegation to India that met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had canvassed for participants in the trip at prices ranging from $3,000 to $16,000, said a media report here. The business delegation includes four US members of the House of Representatives, all Republicans. The organizers had canvassed in the Indian American community for participants in the trip, according to a report published in Hi India, a South Asian newspaper from Chicago. The trip was sponsored by a political action committee (PAC), the National Indian American Public Policy Institute (NIAPPI) founded by Shalabh Kumar, a Chicago businessman. The politicians leading the delegation are Marlin Stutzman, Cyntia Wiederspahn, Cathy Rodgers and Aaron Schock. An invitation circulated by NIAPPI in preparation for the trip said it was "limited to (an) elite group of American businesspersons". The group has already met Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad and invited him to visit the US. On the schedule of an extensive trip is a stay at the Lake Palace in Udaipur, a visit to Karnataka as guest of the state government, a visit to the Taj Mahal, the tiger reserve at Ranthambore, a night at the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, a visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a dinner hosted by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. A 'Bollywood extravaganza' has also been included for the guests. The cost options given in the invitation were: '7 star trip' (business class travel, private air charter in India) $16,000 per person, '4 star trip' (commercial travel in India with visits to the palace excluded) $10,000 per person, and economy option-with all travel and hotel expenses borne by the individual — $3,000 per person. There also appears to be a controversy about the political action committees under which Kumar operates, according to the newspaper that is widely read in the South Asian community in the US midwest. In 2012, it reported, he ran advertisements attacking Democrat Tammy Duckworth, a respected military veteran who lost both her legs in the Iraq war. Kumar's PAC had supported Republican Joe Walsh, whose campaign attracted a lot of criticism for its negativity, and who eventually lost to Duckworth. Walsh had announced his admiration of Modi and said he would campaign to get him a US visa, if he was elected. Another PAC founded by Kumar, Indian Americans for Freedom (IAF), has been reprimanded by the Federal Election Commission for failing to properly fill out its statement of organization. On October 5, 2012, as part of its election campaign, the IAF released advertisements in several ethnic publications, supporting Republican Joe Walsh, with the slogan "If you love (Narendra) Modi, send Walsh back to Congress", according to Hi India. On August 17, 2012, the National Indian American Coalition (NIAC), another PAC founded by Kumar, released advertisements in Indian publications on the occasion of India's Independence Day paying tribute to Joe Walsh, calling him the 'maha-mitra Gujarat' and 'maha-mitra India'. Barely a month after the election in which Walsh lost, Kumar sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission seeking the termination of NIAC. Reacting to the whole incident, the BJP said, "This is a false propaganda, anti-Modi propaganda. It was a high-level US delegation and not a small one," said Vijay Jolly.

http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/40786-a--16000-political-safari-to-pay-obeisance-to-gujarat-cm-modi

[1983-2011]

how desperate:hysterical:

[CSK Fan]

If this was congress, this thread would be full of replies. Modi is a media created champion, nothing more

[someone]

If this was congress' date=' this thread would be full of replies. Modi is a media created champion, nothing more[/quote'] Other way round. If this was Congress, there would be no article about it. Modi is a media created criminal. Boring and irrelevant thread. Also, remember your article about Modi's twitter?:cantstop: That was clueless from you.

[seedhi]

how desperate:hysterical:

If people paid money to meet with Narendra Modi, then isnt it the case that those people were in fact desperate to meet him.

[seedhi]

Modi on Skype call with Newt Gingrich. https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/317641364147957760/photo/1

[Ram]

^ You gotto be kidding me. They say you can be defined by the company you keep. And Modi's chosen to socialize with the famed members of the American right? :hysterical: Btw, this is a match made in heaven - The Hindutva right in India and the Christian fundamentalist right in the US.

[CSK Fan]

Other way round. If this was Congress, there would be no article about it. Modi is a media created criminal. Boring and irrelevant thread. Also, remember your article about Modi's twitter?:cantstop: That was clueless from you.

My article? Yeah we all see how news about congress doesnt get in the press.......Not.

[Crookbond]

Even if the trip was made by the US delegates was appropriately funded (looks unlikely considering the original source), it doesn't quite cover up concerns over his administration.

[1983-2011]

If people paid money to meet with Narendra Modi' date=' then isnt it the case that those people were in fact desperate to meet him.[/quote'] they didnt pay themselves, they were sponsored by an indian american organisation

[seedhi]

^ You gotto be kidding me. They say you can be defined by the company you keep. And Modi's chosen to socialize with the famed members of the American right? :hysterical: Btw, this is a match made in heaven - The Hindutva right in India and the Christian fundamentalist right in the US.

Strange argument. Has Newt Gingrich ever done any harm to India ? If you look at the economic policies the Republicans are more pro-Indian industry, outsourcing, work visas etc. Manmohan Singh went to meet the King of Saudi Arabia, does that mean he was endorsing the domestic policies of the Saudi government and Sharia Law?

[seedhi]

they didnt pay themselves' date=' they were sponsored by an indian american organisation[/quote']Obviously, the US Congressmen did not pay out of their pockets, they must have been funded by some organization like most US Senators/Congressmen are. But the $16000 figure in the article was the fee for other participants who wanted to be part of the trip.

[1983-2011]

Other way round. If this was Congress, there would be no article about it. Modi is a media created criminal. Boring and irrelevant thread. Also, remember your article about Modi's twitter?:cantstop: That was clueless from you.

its the modi's publicists (APCO Worldwide) that go running to media about his little paid organised meetings with business leaders to sell his sham vibrant gujarat model. the US delegate met Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari this week but the congress didnt publicize it but when some bunch of nobody met modi, the whole of BJP went gaga over it:giggle: modi will do anything to get US visa it seems:hysterical:

[1983-2011]

Obviously' date=' the US Congressmen did not pay out of their pockets, they must have been funded by some organization like most US Senators/Congressmen are. But the $16000 figure in the article was the fee for other participants who wanted to be part of the trip.[/quote'] it was funded by an indian

[seedhi]

its the modi's publicists (APCO Worldwide) that go running to media about his little paid organised meetings with business leaders to sell his sham vibrant gujarat model. the US delegate met Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari this week but the congress didnt publicize it but when some bunch of nobody met modi, the whole of BJP went gaga over it:giggle: modi will do anything to get US visa it seems:hysterical:

Seems a bit hypocritical from the very person who started this thread about the visit.

[Ram]

Strange argument. Has Newt Gingrich ever done any harm to India ? If you look at the economic policies the Republicans are more pro-Indian industry, outsourcing, work visas etc. Manmohan Singh went to meet the King of Saudi Arabia, does that mean he was endorsing the domestic policies of the Saudi government and Sharia Law?

Newt Gingrich is a scam artiste who makes his money by fake-authoring a 1000 books and offering to sell phony business success awards to strip clubs and other business institutions for a hefty price. Even while he was spearheading the Impeachment of President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he was having an extra-marital affair, all while his then current wife was recovering cancer surgery. Every presidential election, he throws his hat into the ring just to make himself relevant and fleece voters off their money. I dont think this is the sort of guy you'd want to go around thumping your chest about.

[seedhi]

it was funded by an indian

Not an Indian, but an American PAC which is a US organization.

[1983-2011]

Modi on Skype call with Newt Gingrich. https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/317641364147957760/photo/1

wow so now talking to newt gingrich on skype is some kind of an achievement for the Modi brigade, the same gingrich who only managed to secure 14.21% votes for the Republican presidential primaries

[1983-2011]

Not an Indian' date=' but an American PAC which is a US organization.[/quote'] very american name:hmmm:

[1983-2011]

Seems a bit hypocritical from the very person who started this thread about the visit.

it was about $16000 package given to the delegate as part of meeting modi it seems modi's fanboys in amrica had to pay bunch of nobodys to visit him and shower some praises