Indian-Americans thrilled over PM Modi's possible community address in Houston

The Indian diaspora in Houston are thrilled over reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit America's energy capital to address them during his planned trip to the US to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in September.

Community leaders said the dates for the prime minister's address has not been finalised yet, but they have been asked to make preparations for a potential address of Modi in Houston on September 22.

Houston, which has one of the largest concentration of the Indian-American community in the US, is the energy capital of the world. Energy security is a priority area for the prime minister.

This could be Modi's third major address to the Indian-American community after he became the prime minister in 2014 and the first after his re-election in May.

The previous two being at the Madison Square Garden in New York in 2014 and theSilicon Valley in 2016. Both the events were attended by more than 20,000 people.

Prime Minister Modi's possible visit to Houston and New York in the last week of September has already got Indian Americans into discussions and excitement mode about his arrival.

Indian-American community leaders in Houston said that "this visit was long-awaited since Modi's first address in New York in 2014 and later in California in 2016."
Regarding Modi's trip to Houston, Mayor Sylvestor Turner, who took a trade delegation to India in November last, told PTI, I look forward with excitement to Prime Minister Modi's visit as this historic visit will strengthen the already robust bonds between Houston and India on trade, culture, tourism and more."