"Unauthorized entry from …." Seattle Indian Consulate "forced" To call the authorities – the tribune India

Seattle [US]February 7 (Ani): The Indian Consulate in Seattle publishes on its platform X to speak of a law situation and a order of what is called “unauthorized entry by certain persons” into its premises after working hours, creating a tense situation.

Today, the consulate was forced to deal with a situation of law and order arising from unauthorized entry from certain persons to the premises of the consulate after working hours.

Despite repeated requests, these persons refused to leave the consulate and committed …

– India in Seattle (@indiainseattle) February 7, 2025

“We were forced to call the relevant local authorities to cope with the situation. Against the more actions against offenders,” India published in Seattle on X on February 7 (Thursday local time).

Meanwhile, Indian-American politician Khama Soant and a former member of the Seattle City Council have protested outside the Indian Consulate in Seattle after claiming her visa has been rejected three times until her husband has been urgent visa to visit India.

A consular officer said I was denied a visa because I am in the “Modi Govt Rejection List”.

It is clear why.

My Socialist City Council service has adopted a resolution condemning the anti-Muslim law on CAA-NRC’s Ca-NRC Citizenship of Modi. We also won a historical ban on caste discrimination. …

– Kshama Sawant (@cmkshama) February 7, 2025

“My husband and I are at the Indian Consulate in Seattle. They provided him with an emergency visa for my mother very sick. But they rejected mine, literally saying, X.

“We refuse to leave. They threaten to call the police on us.”

Soant organized a protest at the Indian Consulate in Seattle, asking for answers and claiming that she was focused on her socialist views and criticism of the Indian government.

She claims that her husband Calvin a priest has received an emergency visa to visit her sick mother to Bengaluru, although her visa request was repeatedly rejected without an “explanation”.

“A consular officer said I was denied a visa because I was on the Modi Govt rejection list.” It is clear why.

Soant, who was a vocal critic of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Citizens Register (NRC), believes that rejection of visa is politically motivated.

“Workers reflect the members and I am still in the Indian Consulate in Seattle, making a peaceful civil disobedience, requiring an explanation why my visa was rejected 3 times,” she wrote to X.

She also called on the people and the media to support her. “Please come now: 3101, Western Avenue, Suite 700,” she published at X.

The X India account in Seattle published: “Despite repeated requests, these persons refused to leave the consular premises and engage in aggressive and threatening behavior with the consulate employees.” (Ani)

(The story comes from a syndicated issue and is not edited by Tribune staff.)