The US government’s decision to deny a visa to the top Indian official evoked a storm of indignation among Indian-American leaders after the chief minister of India’s western Gujarat state could not come to the US.

The move largerly insulted the biggest democracy in the world. "Let me say this as a U.S. Citizen my president is promoting democracy all over the world, and now I’m confused because my president has stopped the democratically elected leader (Modi) from coming to my country," said Niku Trivedi, an organizer of the Association of Indian-Americans of North America which Modi had to attend.

Seema M. Singh, president of the New Jersey Asian-Indian Chamber of Commerce, said that the dismissal of the visa was a huge mistake of the US government. "They have their freedom of speech, but he had a right to come to the United States,» he added.

Narendra Modi, chief minister of India’s western Gujarat state, failed to visit New Jersey, New York and Florida this weekend as the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi turned down his diplomatic visa application.

He was accused by the human rights groups of human rights violations in Gujarat state, including genocidal spree of mass murders, rape and torching of riot victims.