Former Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant, who had pushed to pass a "resolution" opposing the Indian government's modifications to the Citizenship Amendment Act, revealed on X that she was refused a visa to travel to India to see her mother, suggesting that the denial might have something to do with her anti-Indian activities. 

“India’s PM Modi & the BJP government are denying me a visa to see my ill mother…” Sawant posted in her post on social media platform X. "Modi & the BJP have waged sustained attacks on workers, farmers, Muslims and other oppressed groups in India, including with the anti-Muslim, anti-poor CAA-NRC law, which denied citizenship to millions," she added, spreading complete lies about the CAA. 

The CAA rules introduced by the Modi government never took away anyone's citizenship, nor did they propose any changes to do so, contrary to what Kshama claimed in her post. The CAA was aimed at granting citizenship to persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh who were already living as refugees in India.

Kshama has been known for introducing controversial resolutions during her time as a council member in Seattle. In 2023, she brought forward a resolution that specifically targeted Hindus, calling for extra legal scrutiny over alleged caste-based discrimination.