HOUSTON – Famed comedian Hasan Minhaj was barred from entering Indian PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s rally held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas onSunday.
According to the event producers, lack of credentials and lack of space forbroadcast crews in the venue is the reason for not allowing Minaj to enterthe rally.
Videos posted on the Instagram account of Adam Matthew Weiss, president andCEO of AMWPR, which handled the event, showed Minhaj being turned away dueto no press credentials available for him and his crew, and unavailabilityof space for him to bring his camera crew into the venue.
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Subsequent videos shared on Weiss’s Instagram story showed a completelydifferent situation as other camera crews could be seen in the press areawhere plenty of space was available to adjust more people as well.
