PM @narendra Modi calls on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, â tweeted Vikas Swarup, spokesperson for the external affairs ministry.
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He said: “This is a historic day”.
Cameron described his private dinner with Modi at his country residence in Chequers as his personal highlight.
While Samantha Cameron looked elegant in a sari, David Cameron showed off his Hindi greeting the crowd with a traditional welcome. “Diversity is the speciality of India”, he said, adding that despite the country being home to diverse religions, over 100 languages and 1,500 dialects Indians have proved how to live together.
“India is a nation filled with strong youth”.
I want to thank PM David Cameron and acknowledge the affection he has towards India. “Diversity is the speciality of India”.
“The United Kingdom and India’s partnership on energy is going from strength to strength”. We shared our thoughts on various subjects.
World is seeing India as a land of many opportunities.
Recalling the last time he had visited Britain in 2003, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, he told the audience that India was now moving on a journey to “development and progress”.
The Indian government has failed to act decisively against attacks on journalists and artists, leading many public intellectuals to renounce honours awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, the country’s National Academy of Letters.
Artists perform at the welcome programme for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday.
“Kabir and Rahim have been our inspirations. India with its 125 crore people is much bigger and better with a preeminent position beyond the screen of Television”, he said.
He said Modi’s claim implied that India had no credibility earlier and the world did not respect India before Modi took power in May 2014.
He further said that 18000 villages in India need electricity and assured that they would receive it in the next 1000 days.
“Prime minister Modi, you can see what I see every day – British Indians putting the great in to Great Britain. I understand their pain on a few issues as well”.
But if my Bharat Mata is clean and swacch, won’t we all be proud and happy? If James Bond provides us with entertainment, then Brooke Bond tea provides with freshness: PM Modi10. “We are a democratic society, and while I disagree with the criticism and the protesters, I can only say they have a right to say what they feel”.
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“FDI into India has increased by 40 percent”. India will soon be at par with all developed nations.
