European Union ENDS Narendra Modi boycott
February 08, 2013 12:46
Exactly a month ago, on
January 7, about noon, a white Ambassador rolled into the Chanakyapuri
residence of Michael Steiner, Germany's envoy to India. Inside was
Narendra Modi, who had a fortnight earlier become chief minister of
Gujarat for the fourth straight time.
Modi spent the next two hours with Steiner and his other guests ambassadors of all countries in the European Union. Over lunch, he faced some "tough" questions on the 2002 riots in Gujarat, and he answered them all patiently. He also told the envoys about his model of governance, and his ideas for India.
The meeting was the first European envoys had had with Modi since the riots nearly 11 years ago. More