A half-kilometer long brick wall was built, Monday, February 17, in India’s Gujarat state, and critics say it is being used to hide a slum area with more than 2,000 people ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. –––––––––
READ MORE: A half-kilometer (1,640-foot) brick wall has been hastily erected in India's Gujarat state ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, with critics saying it was built to block the view of a slum area inhabited by more than 2,000 people.
Trump is visiting the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat during a two-day trip to India next week to attend an event called “Namaste Trump,” which translates to “Greetings, Trump,” at a cricket stadium along the lines of a “Howdy Modi” rally he hosted for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston last September. Trump is to drive along a road next to the slum and will be accompanied by Modi, who is from Gujarat.
Senior government official Bijal Patel said the wall was built “for security reasons” and not to conceal the slum.
Several political leaders were quick to criticize the wall's construction, questioning Modi's development work in his own state. Modi was chief minister of Gujarat for 12 years before becoming the country's prime minister in May 2014.
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