Her investigations were not welcome in Modi’s India, so neither was she.
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din
Avani Dias, ABC’s chief correspondent in India, has returned to Australia after a campaign of intimidation and bureaucratic meddling by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist government.
The decision to withhold Dias’ visa came after an episode of Foreign correspondent on Sikh separatism aired last month and ahead of the latest installment of his podcast investigating Modi’s life.
ABC South Asia correspondent Avani Dias has returned to Australia after more than two years reporting from India. Credit: ABC
Lobbying from Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s office earned Dias of ABC’s South Asia office a visa extension of just two months, but she was not granted until she and his partner packed up their house in New Delhi and made travel arrangements. leave.
They flew to Australia the next day, which was also the opening of India’s week-long national elections. Modi and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are expected to win comfortably.
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