Visa of Australian journalist Avani Dias was extended, her claim of stopping her from covering polls false, say sources
Australian journalist Avani Dias has claimed that the Indian government denied her the permission to cover the ongoing Lok Sabha elections
prativad 
Sources refute Australian journalist Avani Dias's allegation that the Indian authorities prevented her from renewing her visa and prevented her from covering the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Journalist Dias, who works for Australia's ABC News, says she was forced to leave India after being told that her visa would not be renewed and that it was now "too difficult" for her to do her job as a journalist there.
Such actions were taken by the Indian government after a journalistic project she was working on irked New Delhi, according to Dias.
The news came days after the Indian government issued a takedown notice to YouTube for an episode of ABC’s programme Foreign Correspondent that covered the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada last year, according to The Guardian. Nijjar was a designated terrorist who was the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), a designated terrorist organisation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed at the time that there were “credible allegations” that the Indian government was involved. The New Delhi rejected the claim.
:quality(85):upscale()/2024/11/13/790/n/1922564/c0ad2b806734e8c87b1ee9.61099793_.jpg)
