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Famed comedian Hasan Minhaj was stopped from entering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Sunday.



While there is no clarification from the Indian-American comedian as to why he was barred from attending the rally, event producers have cited lack of credentials and space for broadcast crew at the venue for Minhaj’s entry denial.

Several videos posted on social media by Adam Matthew Weiss, who was responsible for handling the event, show Minhaj being turned away due to lack of press credentials available for his crew.

Minhaj was told that there is no space for his camera crew at the event reportedly.

However, other videos posted by Weiss show a number of media crews present at the rally with ample space.

There is reasonable grounds to believe that Minhaj was denied entry because of him being openly critical about Modi’s government in India and the oppression of people in occupied Kashmir.

