Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng claims Indian visa cancelled hours before Bharat Summit

Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng. PIC/X/@siryanshyadav

Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng has claimed that her Indian visa was cancelled at the last minute, moments before she was scheduled to leave to attend the Congress-organised Bharat Summit in Hyderabad, where she was invited to speak on media, press freedom, and democracy.

In a post on X, Lyng alleged that despite having received an Indian visa and political clearance, she was informed by the Indian Embassy in Norway that she would not be allowed to travel to India.

"I got a visa to India and was supposed to leave this morning. I had been invited as a panelist and speaker on the future of media and press freedom. But "orders from above" in the Ministry of Home Affairs have cancelled my visa," Lyng claimed.

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