Scam involved selling seats for PM’s dinner for $10000 each

Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened decisively in New York to prevent a small group of NRIs from cashing in on his visit, specifically the dinner hosted by Ambassador S. Jaishankar on 28 September, hours after the grand event at Madison Square Garden, where nearly 20,000 individuals listened to his powerful speech. NRIs, who do not wish to be named, brought it to the attention of Modi's team that some individuals were collecting as much as $10,000 per person "to ensure a seat at the dinner and a chance to meet the Prime Minister personally". When this was brought to his attention, the Prime Minister immediately asked Ambassador Jaishankar to ensure that admittance was denied to those who paid for the privilege, and that only genuine invitees were allowed entry. Although the task of winnowing out those who paid (identified NRIs) to gain entry from the others was difficult, this was done, and a major scandal was thereby averted.


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