Curated By: Pritha Mallick
Last Updated: June 20, 2023, 23:41 IST
New York, United States of America (USA)
Members of the Indian community in New York seen wearing jackets adorned with PM Modi’s image. (Image: News18/ANI)
The Prime Minister received a warm welcome from the Indian community during his arrival in New York
Members of the Indian diaspora gave a rousing welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon his arrival in New York on Tuesday for the first leg of his inaugural state visit to the US. Among them was Minesh C Patel, who was seen wearing a unique Nehru jacket with an image of the Prime Minister printed on it.
Speaking to ANI, Patel said, “This jacket was made in 2015 during Gujarat Day… We have 26 of this (jackets) and out of these 26 (jackets) four of them are here today.”
jackets | New York: Minesh C Patel, a member of the Indian diaspora flaunts his jacket with PM Narendra Modi’s image printed on it. “This jacket was made in 2015 during Gujarat Day… We have 26 of this (jackets) and out of these 26 (jackets) four of them are here today,” says… pic.twitter.com/OL3NWhtONy
— ANI (@ANI) June 20, 2023
Patel was referring to Prime Minister Modi’s visit to US in 2015, a year after he won the Lok Sabha elections.
The Prime Minister was warmly welcomed by the Indian community upon his arrival in New York. Amidst chants of ‘Modi, Modi’, the Prime Minister, wearing a smile, shook hands and greeted enthusiastic members of the diaspora at the airport.
In his first leg of his US visit, PM Modi will lead the celebrations of the International Day of Yoga at the United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday. “I will commence my visit in New York, where I will celebrate the International Day of Yoga on June 21 at the United Nations Headquarters with the UN leadership and members of the international community,” the prime minister said in a statement.
“I look forward to this special celebration at the very location that supported India’s proposal in December 2014 to recognise an International Day of Yoga,” he said.
He is also scheduled to meet CEOs including Twitter head Elon Musk, Nobel laureates, economists, artists, scientists, scholars, entrepreneurs, academicians and health sector experts in New York.