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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to New York has generated considerable enthusiasm among the Indian diaspora in the United States. Members of the community have expressed their excitement for his arrival and praised his leadership, particularly for the progress and initiatives undertaken in India under his tenure.
Speaking to ANI, Madhav Sumani, a member of Indian diaspora in the US, said, “I have been super excited to see PM Modi, to be honest. He has done amazing work in India, the bullet train initiative, electrification of the railway network, and pacca houses (concrete houses). I live in Nagpur, so metro network there. It has been amazing to see this man make India great again. I really love his aura and energy when he comes.
“PM Modi will visit the US from September 21 to 23, during which he will take part in the Quad Summit and address the ‘Summit of the Future’ at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Mohini Agarwal, a member of the Indian diaspora, said, that she looks forward to PM Modi enabling easier immigration for the Indian diaspora, making their lives easier with visas, being able to travel to the world, and bringing more investments to India.
Aggarwal said, “I belong to a very small city in India. It’s called Mathura, it is the birthplace of Lord Krishna, but the fact that he is coming all the way from there to here is very, very exciting, and I’m looking forward to him enabling easier immigration for people here, the Indian diaspora, making our lives easier with visas and being able to travel back to the world, bringing more investments back to India, bringing more opportunities for students to come here to the US, so basically making it easier and easier day by day for both the countries, US and India.”
“And I would love for him to make policies where even US students can go to India and learn whatever they want because there is so much in India also to learn about. So, yes, very excited looking forward to the new policies they make,” she added.
Final preparations are afoot to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a diaspora rally on Sunday when more than 16,000 people will gather at the Nassau Coliseum. The programme is sandwiched between his participation in the Quad summit convened by US President Joe Biden in Delaware on Saturday and his address to the United Nations ‘Summit of the Future’ on Monday.
The organisers were overwhelmed by the number of people who wanted to attend the event billed as “Modi and US, Progress Together”, according to Avinash Gupta, the President of the tri-state chapter of the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA).
More than 25,000 applications were received for the event and the organisers had to winnow it down to about 16,000 to fit the venue, he said.
A cultural programme will be held before Prime Minister Modi’s speech. Gupta said that 159 applications were received for participating in the cultural programme and 15 were selected.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to participate in the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit, which will take place in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21, hosted by US President Joe Biden. According to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, this event will provide PM Modi with an opportunity to express gratitude to both President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for their leadership within the Quad framework.
The Quad, consisting of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, serves as a strategic forum focused on fostering cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. This summit will allow the leaders to discuss pressing regional and global issues, strengthen their partnership, and reinforce their shared commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
