Aizawl, Dec. 5 -- Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Lal Thanzara has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing "deep disappointment" over the reported denial of a visa to American evangelist Rev. Dr. Franklin Graham, who had been invited to speak at a Christian commemoration in Nagaland.

In his letter, Lal Thanzara said the US preacher was scheduled to address a gathering at Kohima's Indira Gandhi Stadium on November 30, 2025, as part of a remembrance of the late Rev. Dr. Billy Graham's crusade in Nagaland 53 years earlier.

The programme was organised by the Kohima Baptist Pastors Fellowship in collaboration with the Nagaland Baptist Church Council and the Nagaland Joint Christian Forum.

The MPCC chief argued t...