Wharton loses credibility over Modi fiasco

Days after Wharton India Economic Forum rescinded its invitation to Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi to deliver a key note address at its upcoming annual conference, the entire episode has blown up in its face. Organised by the students of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, WIEF has come under severe criticism for caving before Mr Modi's detractors and issuing him “the intellectual equivalent of an eviction notice”, as Washington, DC-based Indian scholar Sadanand Dhume put it.

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