Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng, who was in the news earlier this year, has said that she was not allowed to leave for her flight to Hyderabad in India for a conference where she was supposed to be a speaker. The journalist took to social media and called out Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the issue, stating that denying her entry was "politically motivated".

"This message is for Amit Shah..Today I was supposed to go to India, the world's largest democracy, for the first time in my life. I was very excited, I had already packed my bags. I have a visa in my passport. I was ready to go. But as I was for the airport, literally 10 minutes before I was supposed to leave, the Indian Embassy of Norway calls me and they...