Indian woman pressured to end Scotland Parliament bid over visa status

Key points

• An Indian woman who was running to get elected to Scotland's Parliament has been asked by her Scottish Green Party to quit the race.
• Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan says she was asked to withdraw her candidacy because of her student visa status, despite another candidate with similar visa status being allowed to contest the election.
• Viswanathan, currently serving as the president of the Union of Students Scotland, said she felt "let down" by the party after being allegedly advised to step down from contesting the Holyrood elections, according to a report by BBC Scotland News.
• Read Full Story The revelation came to light after Viswanathan's recent interview.
• The election was conducted on May 7. Viswanathan had applied to contest from the North East of Scotland region and had secured the third position on the party's internal list during candidate selections last year.