The Con to join PM Modi in Houston to address 50,000 Indian-Americans, says White House

[malaise]

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/trump-to-join-modi-in-houston-to-address-50000-indian-americans-says-white-house/article29428347.ece?fbclid=IwAR1uEMI_TSNNj6PDO4UeQtpVHE8ZkEm_L0H7o26WfiUpFi7xHiuXf8M3j5A
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This is for the first time in recent history that the leaders of the two largest democracies would be addressing a joint rally anywhere in the world; this would also be the first time that an American president would be addressing thousands of Indian-Americans at one place in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Houston’s mega “Howdy, Modi!” event on September 22, the White House said on September 15.

Reflecting on the new bonhomie in the India-U.S. ties under the Trump administration, this is for the first time in recent history that the leaders of the two largest democracies would be addressing a joint rally anywhere in the world.

More than 50,000 Indian-Americans from across the U.S. have registered for the September 22 mega “Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures” event to be held at the sprawling NRG Stadium in Houston.

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Mother's boy should be very worried. Don't think the Con's base will like this either

[keithbvadu2]

1. Will it be Piyush Jindal or Bobby Jindal attending?

Will it be Piyush Jindal or Bobby Jindal attending?

[malaise]

2. Well you win the thread hands down

and yours is the first reply
Both of these leaders are jingoistic lunatics.

[elleng]

3. *Modi led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority

in the Indian lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the first time for any single party since 1984. Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy, and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy; he has centralised power by abolishing the Planning Commission. He began a high-profile sanitation campaign, and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. He initiated a controversial demonetisation of high-denomination banknotes. Described as engineering a political realignment towards right-wing politics, Modi remains a figure of controversy domestically and internationally over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots, cited as evidence of an exclusionary social agenda.'>>>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi#Development_debate

[malaise]

4. He's very bad for democracy and the social good in India

[elleng]

5. Yes, why I posted.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

6. So bad

that he got reelecred with a larger margin in 2019. May be Drump could take some lessons