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| BBC and The Guardian ask questions on intolerance and visa ban to Modi (Video below) |
November 13, 2015, NewsCrunch
PM Modi, who avoids interacting with the press in India, had to face tough questions during his ongoing visit to UK.
A video of the joint press conference with PM Cameron shows Modi handling competently, though not comfortably, questions lobbed at him first by BBC and then The Guardian reporters.
After brief statements from PMs Cameron and Modi, the first question came from the BBC reporter. He asked why India was becoming increasingly intolerant.
The question from The Guardian reporter was long and had multiple parts. He asked Cameron how comfortable he was feeling receiving Modi, who had not been earlier permitted to visit UK.
He also sought Modi's response on London protesters saying he did not deserve the respect that would normally be accorded to the leader of the world's largest democracy.
He said law would act on every incident of intolerance and his government would protect all citizens as mandated by the constitution.
To The Guardian reporter he said he had never been barred from visiting UK though he himself did not do so due to paucity of time.