Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to welcome his US counterpart Donald Trump to India with a massive rally on Monday, kicking off a two-day visit likely to be more about pomp and ceremony than concrete agreements.
The American president, in his first official visit to India, will deliver a speech at the world’s biggest cricket stadium at a “Namaste Trump” rally watched by at least 100,000 people in Modi’s home state of Gujarat.
The rally comes in the wake of the wildly successful “Howdy, Modi” extravaganza in Houston last year that highlighted the bond between the nationalist leaders.
A visit to the Taj Mahal with the First Lady Melania is on the cards, followed by talks with Modi in the capital New Delhi on Tuesday.
“The president is going to India as a demonstration of the strong and enduring ties between our two countries,” a senior US administration official told reporters ahead of the trip.
Source: Guardian Newspaper
