This Article is From Oct 26, 2014

For His Coming Australia Visit, PM Modi Asks People for Ideas

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. (Press Trust of India)

New Delhi: In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited ideas and thoughts from the public for his forthcoming visit to Australia.

"During my Australia visit in November I would be attending a variety of programmes, including an interaction with the Indian community there," the Prime Minister tweeted on Sunday.

"I want to hear ideas and thoughts from all of you, including friends in Australia and the Indian community there on my visit," he added.

He asked the people to participate in his open forum in mygov.in and share ideas on what people feel are the important issues.

The Prime Minister will be participating in a G-20 summit in Brisbane. The Group of 20 is the world's main intergovernmental policy forum, bringing together developed and emerging nations, which, between themselves, account for nine-tenths of global economic output.

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The Brisbane meeting will focus on how countries are implementing policies to drive growth and create jobs. 

But during the visit, the Prime Minister will also be attending a variety of programmes, including interactions with the Indian community there.

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The Indian community in Australia is already planning to do a Madison Square Garden sequel. The Prime Minister's grand reception at the historic site in New York last month had been noticed across the world. The event at the storied arena, is home to the New York Knicks basketball team, was attended not only by key US politicians, but 18,000 non-resident Indians and Indian-origin Americans. On his return, the Prime Minister had called it "overwhelming". (Also read: Madison Square Sequel for PM Narendra Modi Possible in Australia)

The Indian-Australians Community Foundation, which will organise the event, hope to hold it in Sydney on November 17. The various venues under consideration include Sydney's Olympic Park.

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