Norwegian journalist denied permission to visit Hyderabad

The alleged last-minute decision by the Central Government to deny Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng Svendsen permission to attend the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad has triggered a political controversy. 

She wondered whether the last-minute visa cancellation was due to her criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his governance, industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and her views on the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)



movement.

The Norwegian journalist said in a post on X on Wednesday that she had been granted a visa to visit India and was scheduled to leave on Wednesday. 

She was invited as a panellist for a discussion on the future of media and press freedom at the two-day Bharat Summit, scheduled to begin in Hyderabad on Friday. 

However, her visa was cancelled by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at the last minute, Helle Lyng claimed in her post on X.