<p>Bureaucrat-turned-politician K J Alphons, who tried to convince US lawmakers to revoke visa restrictions on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has failed to receive any firm commitment on the issue.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, he exuded confidence that the US may change its stand soon.<br /><br />A national executive member of the BJP, Alphons primarily came to the US to attend the Annual Prayer Breakfast with US President Barack Obama on February 7.<br /><br />In addition to that he has been meeting Senators, Congressmen, officials and academicians, besides addressing speaking at the prestigious Harvard University.<br /><br />"I have been telling that if they do not invite Modi now and revoke its policy of denying him a visa, it might be too late for the United States as he is headed for a much larger role in national politics," Alphons told PTI.<br /><br />He said Modi is the most business like politician he has even seen and that he saw a greater role for him in Indian politics.<br /><br />Alphons said that he has not received any firm commitment from US lawmakers on the change in US policy but exuded confidence that this will happen soon.<br /><br />Yesterday, US assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia Robert Blake had said in New Delhi that the United States' policy on Modi remains unchanged.<br /><br />"There is no question of changing or revising or softening. We may revise (visa to Modi) depending on the Indian justice system completing cases against him," he said.<br /><br />US has earlier refused to give visa to Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots.</p>
<p>Bureaucrat-turned-politician K J Alphons, who tried to convince US lawmakers to revoke visa restrictions on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has failed to receive any firm commitment on the issue.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, he exuded confidence that the US may change its stand soon.<br /><br />A national executive member of the BJP, Alphons primarily came to the US to attend the Annual Prayer Breakfast with US President Barack Obama on February 7.<br /><br />In addition to that he has been meeting Senators, Congressmen, officials and academicians, besides addressing speaking at the prestigious Harvard University.<br /><br />"I have been telling that if they do not invite Modi now and revoke its policy of denying him a visa, it might be too late for the United States as he is headed for a much larger role in national politics," Alphons told PTI.<br /><br />He said Modi is the most business like politician he has even seen and that he saw a greater role for him in Indian politics.<br /><br />Alphons said that he has not received any firm commitment from US lawmakers on the change in US policy but exuded confidence that this will happen soon.<br /><br />Yesterday, US assistant secretary of state for south and central Asia Robert Blake had said in New Delhi that the United States' policy on Modi remains unchanged.<br /><br />"There is no question of changing or revising or softening. We may revise (visa to Modi) depending on the Indian justice system completing cases against him," he said.<br /><br />US has earlier refused to give visa to Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots.</p>