Washington. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic state visit to the US next month, Indian-Americans are planning to welcome him with ‘Bharat Ekta Diwas’ marches in 20 major cities of the country on June 18. The organizers of this march announced this.
Prime Minister Modi will pay his first state visit to the US in June at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. The Biden couple will also host Modi at a state banquet on June 22. Adapa Prasad, leader of the Indian American community and national president of ‘Overseas Friends of BJP’-USA, said, “The Indian American community is very excited about Modi’s visit. The community is gathering here at the National Memorial in Washington DC on June 18. “And there will be a ‘India Unity Day’ march from Washington Monument to Lincoln Memorial and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be welcomed. It will be organized two days in advance.
He said on Sunday that welcome marches would be held at historic sites such as Times Square in New York and the Golden Bridge in San Francisco at about 20 places in the US “passing through major cities from east to west, north to south”. Other cities where marches will be held include Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Columbus and St. Louis. Describing the state visit as a historic event, Prasad said Indian American All sections of the community are making united preparations to welcome the Prime Minister and make it an event to remember.
Preparations are underway at all major venues in New York and Washington DC to welcome the Prime Minister. Several other leaders of the Indian-American community have also welcomed the visit of the Prime Minister. Distinguished Indian-American leaders and advocates of strong US-India relations Ajay Bhutoria said, “I am very happy with the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America. The visit will bear witness to the strong and enduring partnership between our two great nations. Modi’s visit to the US comes ahead of the G20 summit to be hosted by India in September.
White House Press Secretary K. Announcing Modi’s upcoming US visit on May 10, Jean-Pierre said that the visit will further deepen the deep and close partnership between the US and India, as well as strengthen the warm ties that bind Americans and Indians. Modi has made more than half-a-dozen trips to the US for bilateral and multilateral meetings since becoming prime minister in 2014 and has held meetings with all three former US presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. But now, for the first time, he has been invited for an official state visit, an honor accorded only to America’s closest allies.
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