“Modi’s visit and economic package will not change anything like in the past”, top Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani told reporters outside his residence, surrounded by police to prevent him from leaving. “He has all the time been revered as an individual of enormous information & integrity”, Modi tweeted whereas hailing the previous deputy prime minister.
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Meanwhile, there already seems to be tension amongst British Sikhs at the death of two people in Punjab after the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Indian stocks headed for a fifth day of declines after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost state elections in Bihar and Chinese data increased concern demand is weakening in the world’s second-largest economy. “The upper house is dominated by opposition parties that have stymied many of Mr Modi’s major proposals”, the paper observed.
It also pointed out that this was Modi’s second successive defeat in a major provinccial election.
He has drawn huge crowds at venues ranging from New York’s Madison Square Garden to Dubai’s cricket stadium, as well as many smaller events in places ranging from the Seychelles to Paris.
When the projection was put out, the Awaaz Network also put tweets with the photograph, decrying his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Engineer Abdul Rashid – a local lawmaker – was detained in Srinagar for holding a black balloon protest near the venue of the prime minister’s rally.No vehicular movement was allowed from on Srinagar-Jammu national highway from Pantha Chowk towards Sonawar.In his 40-minute speech, Modi highlighted progress, promising improved road and rail networks, as well as branches of India’s prestigious management and technology institutes.
In a Facebook post ahead of his visit, Modi stated that the Indian diaspora in Britain has “contributed greatly to society in different walks of life”.
In his jam packed one-day schedule, Modi will also be addressing an economic convention which will be attended by a gathering of around 1,000 industry leaders, executives from financial institutions in Singapore, MNCs and companies having and planning investment in India.
Because of the colonial connection, links between the people of the two countries have existed for well over two centuries now. Now, the Indian festival of Diwali is celebrated every year at 10, Downing Street.
And while the British government’s overture to China is seen as a bold and distinctive foreign policy initiative, there’s not the same diplomatic buzz about the Indian leader’s arrival.
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Now that the Bihar elections have delivered a clear-cut verdict on the likely impact of the BJP efforts to bring in more states under its fold the most important question is how Prime Minister Narendra Modi would respond to the setback.
