Robert Blackwill, former US ambassador to India opined: "I think it was a serious mistake on the part of the last (Bush) administration to do that (deny Modi a visa) and the current (Obama) administration to keep it in place ... all the way till the 2014 Indian elections". Blackwill highlighted the decision to deny Modi a visa as "absolutely unique" involving private political interest saying that the people who made the decision "thought, it's pretty safe, because, he's never going to be Prime Minister". Modi was found not guilty of the charges by India's judiciary.