Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 21 -- State President BJP Kerala Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday criticised US President Donald Trump's decision to sign an executive order raising H-1B visa sponsorship fees to $100,000, calling the move detrimental to America's own technology ecosystem.

Chandrasekhar , while speaking to ANI, pointed out that India's innovation ecosystem has grown in scale and capability, and is no longer entirely dependent on opportunities in the US.

"I don't believe this is a very smart idea for the American economy, but that is the American prerogative. As far as the Indian industry is concerned, I think our Indian innovation ecosystem is today of a size and scale that does not only depend on what the Americans do with the H...