Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on Sunday night to participate in the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly after delivering an electrifying address in Houston to over 50,000 members of the Indian diaspora at a mega community event also addressed by President Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump also addressed the Indian expats at the grand 'Howdy, Modi!' event, and said they never had a better friend in the White House than him. After the function, he expressed his gratitude for the "affection" he received. "The USA loves India," he tweeted.
The event was organised by the Indian-American community to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting the United States for a week. In his address, President Trump acknowledged the contribution of the Indian-American community in boosting ties between the two countries.
Here are the Highlights of reactions on "Howdy, Modi!" Houston Event:
Truly memorable! #HowdyModiً pic.twitter.com/L8S9yI2wFe
- Mugdha Veira Godse (@mugdhagodse267) September 23, 2019
#howdymodi "Go Modi" - "Go Trump" - Houston, US. 🇮🇳🇺🇸 Proud of our being. Proud of the community. Proud of India.
- Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) September 22, 2019
Such beautiful chemistry and hearty vibes between @realDonaldTrump and honourable @narendramodi @POTUS and @PMOIndia have showcased to the world the best way to unite nations 🇺🇸🇮🇳
- Ashish Chowdhry (@AshishChowdhry) September 22, 2019
Our PM's speech at #HowdyModi stirs pride and eludes strength and solidity. Bravo. #JaiHind 🙏🏻
The Houston meet between our PM @narendramodi ji and US President @realDonaldTrump is a definitive & positive step. Congratulations to both the nations🙏🏼 #HowdyModi
- Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) September 23, 2019
Data is the new gold. India offers data at lowest tariff in the world and this has become a hallmark of Digital India services leading to redefining of governance: PM @narendramodi at #HowdyModi pic.twitter.com/hb1ByUrBfH
- Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) September 23, 2019
50,000 people cheered the PM of a Nation they originated from. Who held our heads high. 35million people of Indian Origin live outside India. They not only remit $80 billion annually to India, but also invest huge amounts of money in the Indian Ventures. #howdyModi @narendramodi https://t.co/DWIUl0WGhX
- Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) September 23, 2019
- Nikki Haley, former Indian-American US ambassador to the UN, said that the "great" partnership between the two countries has only strengthened.
- "The US and India have a great partnership and it has only strengthened with the friendship of @realDonaldTrump and @narendramodi," she said.
- She also re-tweeted President Trump's tweet, "The USA loves India!"
- The daughter of Indian immigrants from Punjab, Ms Haley has always been an advocate of the India-US relationship.
When the leader of 1.3 billion people makes his entrance, it is bound to rock the world #HowdyModi https://t.co/S8CyxS60IK
- Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 23, 2019
Proud to be an #Indian all over again .. #IndiansAroundTheWorld are a great contributing community to all countries they adopt as home 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #HowdyModi
- Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) September 22, 2019
This is amazing. #ProudIndian 🇮🇳 https://t.co/bDpgZYiWNI
- Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) September 23, 2019
My HEART swells with PRIDE!
- Shobha Karandlaje (@ShobhaBJP) September 23, 2019
Turning the tables from having denied VISA to Being accorded with hero's welcome by thousands of Indo-Americans in the very same country!!
A JOURNEY TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS! #HowdyModi pic.twitter.com/V5noVKILsK
In a spectacular display of statesmanship, @narendramodi ji has captured the minds & hearts of the American people! This is a proud moment for both countries as we walk hand in hand & shoulder to shoulder! 🙏 #HowdyModi pic.twitter.com/YyWyfrF808
- Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) September 23, 2019
- Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he is in the USA as India's prime minister and not as a star campaigner in the elections there.
- His tweet read, "Mr Prime Minister, you have violated the time-honoured principle of Indian foreign policy of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country. This is a singular disservice to the long-term strategic interests of India."
Reminding you that you are in the USA as our Prime Minister and not a star campaigner in US elections.
- Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) September 22, 2019
What a proud day for Houston, for Texas, for the U.S., and for India. #HowdyModi #ModiInHouston https://t.co/MMAJFum06f
- Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 22, 2019
After ages we are truly friends with the USA. Great to be close to the most affluent, powerful and creative country in the world. Stand next to winners, and you will be a winner one day. Stand next to losers, and you will get no where. #howdyModi
- Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) September 23, 2019
'Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.'
- Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 23, 2019
A sea of people it was at the #HowdyModi event. India has truly arrived Globally!
An absolute delight to watch PM @narendramodi ji saying 'All is well' in multiple regional languages truly representative of 1.3B Indians! https://t.co/cB7Paa0eRT
This is called a cultural shift.
- Vikas Khanna (@TheVikasKhanna) September 23, 2019
Historical in a Billion ways. @narendramodi @IndianEmbassyUS 🙏🏼 https://t.co/thlOMke4f3
- Donald Trump's presence at the "Howdy, Modi!" event on Sunday was a "watershed moment" in the India-US ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this morning, hours after the mega event in Houston saw the two leaders share stage.
Dear @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, your presence at #HowdyModi in Houston was a watershed moment in India-USA ties.
- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 23, 2019
Since assuming office, you have been a steadfast friend of India and the Indian community.
Your presence indicates your respect towards India and the Indian diaspora. pic.twitter.com/iGHjT6Tp5a
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called the "Howdy Modi" event presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in Texas a "historic day in world politics".
- "PM Modi''s popularity has soared across the globe. It is a recognition of the people of India. The grand Howdy Modi event is a testimony of New India''s power under the leadership of PM @narendramodi. A historic day in world politics!" Mr Shah said.
- Mr Shah said that the event was unprecedented, which has left an "indelible footprint" of a stronger India on the world map.
- "Leaders of the two most powerful democracies shared their ideas and dreams for a prosperous world together in a way that one has never seen before," Mr Shah added.
- He said that through the event a loud and clear message has been sent to the world that India will keep no stones unturned to keep itself safe and united.
- "Thanks to PM Narendra Modi's leadership, the entire world today stands firmly with India in its decisive fight against the menace of terrorism," said Mr Shah.
The message to the world is loud and clear that this #NewIndia will leave no stone unturned to keep our country safe and united.
- Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 22, 2019
Thanks to PM @narendramodi ji's leadership, entire world today stands firmly with India in its decisive fight against the menace of terrorism. pic.twitter.com/YkfG7Yozu4
What a spectacular and historical moment to watch two of the world leaders and heads of the two biggest democracy Shri. @narendramodi and @realDonaldTrump on one stage. Hope to see stronger ties between the two nations in future.🇮🇳🇺🇸#HowdyModi #ModiInHouston #ModiInUSA pic.twitter.com/C9oCteSkeh
- Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) September 22, 2019
Triumph over Trump!
- Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivekoberoi) September 22, 2019
Our hearts swell with pride and are won, once again! Statesmanship at its best🙏
A big thank you to @narendramodi ji for for making us all extremely proud to be an Indian. We had all only imagined this, you turned it into reality.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳#HowdyModi
Proud moment for India and fellow indians across the globe . What an inspiring and solid address by @narendramodi . @POTUS also in awe as crowd cheers for the indian prime minister.#HowdyModi
- Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 22, 2019
Way to go PM Modi and Prez Trump for a great association between the 2 nations. . . @narendramodi @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/FNqhkB4UyG
- Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) September 22, 2019
- Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said that the "Howdy, Modi!" event presided by PM Modi and US President Trump has united all the countries who oppose terrorism.
- "Trump's direct message to the world on terrorism shows that his country endorses the efforts and supports India in a bid to eradicate terrorism. This has united all the countries who oppose terrorism," said Mr Tiwari.
- Former union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that Islamabad is always on the "reaction mode", while India is on "action mode".
- "The "Howdy, Modi!" event was historic. The two leaders talked about trade, development, radical Islam and terrorism on one stage. PM Modi showed his report card to the whole world,'' said Mr Rathore.
- Deputy Director of the Asia programme, Micheal Kugelman said that the "Howdy, Modi!" event gave major push to the US and India relations which had been struggling due to "commercial tensions" in the recent months.
- "The objective of the event was to solidify the support Narendra Modi has from Indian-Americans. It gave a major push to the US and Indian relations which had been struggling due to commercial tensions in the recent months," Mr Kugelman said.
- Mr Kugelman, however, asserted that Trump used the event to make an appeal to a "key voting constituencies", consisting of Indo-American community.
- The joint address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in Houston to a record crowd of over 50,000 Indian Americans was a triumphant moment for Indo-US relationship, the head of a top India-centric strategic and advocacy group said on Sunday.
- "The summit not only showed our leaders'' camaraderie with each other, but also their commitment towards the US-India partnership and why the two countries continue to be natural allies," Mukesh Aghi, president of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), told PTI.
- "The summit not only showed our leaders'' camaraderie with each other, but also their commitment towards the US-India partnership and why the two countries continue to be natural allies," Mukesh Aghi, president of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF), told PTI.
- Aghi said during the "Howdy, Modi!" rally, it was reiterated more than once that both countries have shared values, a love for independence, freedom and liberty that bind them together.
- "Prime Minister Modi's address reinforced India's strong global position -- geo-economically and geo-politically," Mr Aghi said, adding that a rising India is capable of attracting bigger and better US investments that create jobs in both countries.
- "It is incredible to witness this growth in our ties and we commend both leaders who have started off this trip on a very solid footing," Mr Aghi said.
- The American corporate sector, he said, is looking forward to some tangible outcomes from the bilateral meeting in New York, where the two leaders will discuss the trade ties that have seen an upward trajectory in the last decade.
- "Most importantly, the summit was a stunning display of the power of our people-to-people ties and how Indian Americans continue to contribute economically, politically and culturally to the bilateral relationship," Mr Aghi said.
- Eminent venture capitalist and philanthropist M R Rangaswami, the founder of Indiaspora, a group that tries to organise Indian Americans, told The New York Times that events like "Howdy, Modi!" help the community become more relevant in the US.
- President Trump's appearance was an opportunity to increase his 14 per cent showing among Indian Americans in 2016, he added.
- Indian American attorney from New York Ravi Batra said precedents were broken and protocol-embedded wisdom discarded in Houston when PM Modi introduced President Trump at the event.
- "Such warmth, usually between brothers or best friends, can displace protocol for something better: a knowing and obvious joint destiny," he said.
