Rare welcome awaits Modi in US |
A rare red carpet welcome awaits Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Capitol on June 8 when he will address a joint meeting of the US Congress.This is also a rarest of the rare lunch hosted by Speaker Paul Ryan at the Capitol, meeting with the top Congressional leadership and a unique reception thrown in his honour jointly by House and Senate foreign relations committees in association with the two India caucuses.Modi`s joint address to the Congress is likely to be attended by vice president Joe Biden and several Cabinet members of the Obama administration in a rare show of solidarity and support for the Indian Prime Minister. The invitation to Modi was one of the rare bipartisan act. Leaders of both the Republican party, which controls both the House of Representative, and the Senate, and the Democratic party of the President Barack Obama, teamed together to invite PM Modi to address a joint session of the Congress. The Congressional leaders have so far chalked out as many as four back-to-back events for Modi on June 8 at the Capitol Hill.
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