Theresa May visited India this week to strengthen commercial ties after the vote to leave the EU Stefan Rousseau/PAOne of Britain’s richest men has criticised the government’s stance on visas for Indians, claiming that Theresa May’s tough talk on immigration risks souring trade relations. Gopichand Hinduja, 76, said that Theresa May’s visit to India to forge closer commercial ties and a bilateral trade deal after Brexit had been “overshadowed” by ill-judged remarks on the need to curtail visas for Indian visitors and students. Mr Hinduja, who has lived in London since the 1980s and is a UK citizen, said: “I wish her advisers could have briefed her properly on all the concerns that India had . Unfortunately this visa problem has overshadowed her visit . She could have been better advised.”Mr Hinduja, whose family’s $14bn fortune makes it…

Source: The Times November 08, 2016 23:55 UTC