Ire against forged signatures of lawmakers in letter to President Obama against Modi

Political leaders have condemned the use of forged signatures of Members of Parliament in a letter addressed to U.S. President Barrack Obama urging that the United States should deny visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to visit that country.

They had contended that Narendra Modi should not be issued U.S. visa in view of the human rights violations during the 2002 riots in Gujarat.

65 MP's signatures were appended in a letter to Obama in November 2012, urging him to maintain the current policy of denying a visa to Narendra Modi but a few have now backtracked, saying they never signed any such letter with some even alleging that their signatures have been forged.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain lashed out at the MP's who signed the letter and added that they had tarnished the image of the country by asking another country to intervene.

"The Members of Parliament who have signed the letter are spoiling the image of India which is considered to be the biggest democracy of the world. In this there are some members who have forged the signatures in the letter. The speaker of the Lok Sabha and chairman of the Rajya Sabha should take note of this on how someone can take forged signatures of the members and send a letter to America," he said.

Earlier BJP President Rajnath Singh, who was earlier on a five-day trip U.S, had submitted an appeal to the US lawmakers about granting visa to Modi.