New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Kshama Sawant is an Indian American politician who was denied a visa for being on the 'reject list' of the Indian government, she claimed.

In a post on X, Sawant said that the consulate is refusing to grant her visa.

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

Sawant said that she requested a visa to visit India to meet her sick mother.

"India's Modi government has rejected my visa THREE TIMES to visit my 82-year-old mother who is very sick.

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