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Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has been repeatedly denied a visa by the United States authorities for his suspected role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
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Dancing the night away with Narendra Modi
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com
That, however, has not dampened the enthusiasm of his many followers in the United States.
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Dancing the night away with Narendra Modi
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com
Modi’s followers, most of them Gujaratis, have found innovative ways to connect with him.
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Dancing the night away with Narendra Modi
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com
This year, the Gujarat CM made an appearance at Newark Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Or rather, giant cut-outs of Modi did.
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Dancing the night away with Narendra Modi
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com
Newark Avenue is famous for its 'street Navratri', where revelers play Dandiya through the night.
This year, the enthusiastic Garba dancers celebrated the occasion with cut-outs of Modi, which were placed prominently on the road, sidewalk and the dais at Newark Avenue.
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Dancing the night away with Narendra Modi
Photographs: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com
The sizeable Gujarati community in the US has often urged the administration to change its policy towards the controversial CM.
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