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Washington, Jan 23 - India has objected to US television host
Jay Leno passing off a isvual of the Golden Temple in Amritsar as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's vacation home,
terming it "quite unfortunate".
Visiting Overseas Indian Affairs
Minister Vayalar Ravi said Sunday he had directed Indian Ambassador to the US
Nirupama Rao to take up with the StateDepartment the issue, featuThursday.
Romney, the super-wred on Leno's "The Tonight Show" ealthy Republican
front-runner, is under fire for paying low taxes.
"It is quite unfortunate and quite objectionable that such a comment has been made after showing the Golden
Temple," Ravi to Indian reporters here.
"The Golden Temple is Sikldhwent
there for praying in the New Year. I believe that the pe community's most sacred place. Even our prime minister rson who has shown it
is not that ignorant. The American government should also look at this kind of
thing," Ravi said.
"I wish this kind of thing is
not shown by any media in the US," he said adding though he had not seen the show personally
and had heard bout it from the Sikh community.
"Freedom
does not mean hurting athe sentiments of
others. This is not acceptable to us and we take a very strong objection for
such a display of an important place like Golden Temple," he said.
"The embassy is fully aware of
it and they will take it up,"a Rvi s
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