India, Feb. 7 -- Kshama Sawant, an Indian-American politician, has claimed that her India visa application was rejected thrice while her husband was granted an emergency visa to visit her ailing mother in India.

"My husband & I are in Seattle Indian consulate. They granted him emergency visa for my mother being very sick. But rejected mine, literally saying my name is on a 'reject list'. And refusing to give explanation why," Sawant said in a series of posts on X.

"We're refusing to leave. They're threatening to call the police on us."

Kshama Sawant served as a Seattle City Council member from 2014 to 2023.

Sawant said she and members of an organization called Workers Strike Back were at the Indian consulate, doing "peaceful civil dis...