What did Howdy Modi Achieve? Priyanka Gandhi takes a jibe after US reduces H1B Visas

Gandhi said while he held his “Howdy Mody” event in the US, the Americans have reduced HB1 visas for Indians seeking to work there

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Howdy, Mody” event in the US last month, said that the country has reduced H1B visas for Indians seeking to work there despite PM Modi’s mega program organized by Indian origins.

A study carried out by an American think-tank said that the Donald Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies have led to the massive increase in the rejection of petitions for H1-B visas with the highest denial rate among major Indian IT companies.

Gandhi said while he held his “Howdy Mody” event in the US, the Americans have reduced HB1 visas for Indians seeking to work there.

Priyanka Gandhi said “The question that everyone should ask the BJP government is who is being benefitted during their tenure. The Prime Minister went to the United States and held his ”Howdy, Mody” event but America increased the number of rejections of HB1 visas for those Indians wanting to work there,”.

भाजपा सरकार से ये सवाल तो सबको पूछना चाहिए कि उसके कार्यकाल में किसकी भलाई हो रही है।

प्रधानमंत्री जी ने अमेरिका जाकर अपनी ‘हाउडी मोदी’ तो कर आए लेकिन अमेरिका ने वहाँ काम करने की इच्छा रखने वाले भारतीय लोगों के एच-1बी वीजा ख़ारिज करने में बढ़ोत्तरी कर दी। pic.twitter.com/NpI4FSrjPO

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) November 7, 2019

The H1-B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

The study by the National Foundation for American Policy showed that denial rates for H1-B petitions, popular among Indian IT professionals, have increased significantly from just six per cent in 2015 to 24 per cent in the third quarter of the current financial year.

Priyanka Gandhi also kept up her attack on the government over the state of the economy. “The state of the economy in the country is bad. The service sector has fallen flat. Employment has reduced. Those ruling are busy in themselves and the people are suffering on every front,”.