, which resulted in investment opportunities, defence deals and the promise of thousands of new jobs, has helped him gain crucial momentum ahead of India’s general elections next year., with supporters hailing the US trip – his first with the full diplomatic status of an official state visit – as a roaring success.
“And because today, we are living in the era where people’s sense of history is very short, it appears that there has never been any Indian leader of this stature anywhere in the world.”Many see the state visit as a vindication of his record as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, when he was denied a visa by US officials due to his alleged involvement in the deadly sectarian riots in 2002.
Former US President Barack Obama also weighed in, stating that these issues have to be raised since religious tensions could pull India apart. But many Indians believe he should have given a more substantive response to these remarks, especially as cases of attacks against Muslims continue.
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