“Kabir and Rahim have been our inspirations”. He said leaders of the world ask him with a few amazement how there is so much harmony in a diverse and big country like India. My India resides in people like Imran Khan. “The Prime Minister said that Indian student numbers in the United Kingdom has fallen by almost 50 per cent in the last three years”.
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Keeping in mind Cameron’s fondness for Robert Graves’s work on World War I, “Goodbye to All That”, Modi also presented to him David Omissi’s “Indian Voices of the Great War”.
The visiting Prime Minister said “investment by British companies in India would be a win-win partnership for both countries”, an official statement said.
The trip has been the flashpoint for protests by groups who say Modi has installed an authoritarian agenda in India.
After talks with Cameron, Modi became the first Indian premier to address Britain’s parliament and was feted with a flypast by the Red Arrows aerobatics team, which trailed smoke over London in the colours of India’s flag.
The event was also attended by Prime Minister David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne. He renewed his pitch for India getting a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. Jeremy Corbyn’s election to position of Labour leader was not received well by the Indian community and Corbyn has not been supportive of the Modi visit. On Thursday evening, Modi appealed to business to invest in a more transparent India in a speech at the Guildhall, a historic building in the heart of London’s financial district.
Before Modi took to the stage, the audience was treated to a lavish spectacle featuring rapper Jay Sean, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Scottish bagpipers.
Narendra Modi is due to speak at Wembley Stadium. Slick videos highlighted India’s economic prowess, in a muscular production underscoring the country’s shift from British colonial possession to a global power courted for its vast markets, deep-pocketed investors and strategic importance.
“I think Britain can really help to deliver PM Modi’s vision for India”, he added.
Alisha in a still from “Made in India”. “This relationship has to be driven by private sector CEOs now”, Modi said.
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Modi is expected to speak to a crowd of over 60,000 British Indians, and the day’s events will culminate with the “biggest firework display in the whole country”.
