Indian PM Visit Sparks Demonstrations in DC

(26 Jun 2017) Washington, DC - 25 June, 2017
1. Various pro-Modi demonstrators chanting Modi!
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yashdev Kaushal, Supports Modi
"We are all standing here to welcome the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Modi. He's our great leader and we are all excited to see him. We have come here all the way to have a look at him. He has not yet arrived at this venue but we hope to have a glimpse of him when he passes through. Hopefully he passes through this area."
3. Pro-Modi demonstrators
4. Anti-Modi demonstrators chanting slogans against Modi
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gurpatwant Pannun, Anti-Modi Demonstrator
"We are here to challenge and confront Modi, who should be designated as a butcher. Because for the last from 2002 to 2014, the US Government did not allow him to come to the United States because of his human rights violations, because of his massacre of Muslims, which he did openly in 2002. And we the Sikh community from the Punjab, we are seeking an independence referendum in the year 2020."
6. Various anti-Modi demonstrators
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yashdev Kaushal, Supports Modi
"We will wish that Prime Minister Modi take up the issue of terrorism, which is taking roots in South Asia right now. The roots of terrorism is in our neighborhood. I want Prime Minister Modi to specifically take this up with Mr. Trump that that should be rooted out. That's a priority of Mr. Trump as well."
8. Various pro-Modi demonstrators with Indian flag
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Gurpatwant Pannun, Anti-Modi Demonstrator
"But what the US Administration is doing for the last years, educate.., is they are making another Saddam Hussein in making through Modi. Right now they are promoting through Modi and the Indian so-called Democracy where there is no religious freedom, no freedom of expression. And 10 years later they will be using the same US army and our citizens and our money to bring Modi down."
10. Anti-Modi demonstrators

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