Highlights

• The Houston rally, the third such event by PM Modi in the US, is expected to surpass anything hosted for or by a foreign leader on American soil.
• It is hard to recall an instance of such a large political rally in America, not even for Trump or his predecessor at the peak of their popularity.
• Crowds of this size are only seen at major sporting events such as the Superbowl.

The White House has formally confirmed that US President Donald Trump will participate in the “Howdy, Modi” rally in Houston, Texas, on September 22 leading up to the Indian Minister’s visit to the US next week.

The joint appearance at such a huge rally will be an extraordinary occasion in the records of US-India relations, and undoubtedly US ties with any nation.

“The occasion, ‘Howdy, Modi! Mutual Dreams, Bright Futures,’ is required to draw a huge number of individuals. It will be an incredible chance to accentuate the solid ties between the individuals of the United States and India, to reaffirm the key organization between the world’s most established and biggest majority rules systems, and to talk about approaches to extend their vitality and exchange relationship,” the White House said in a declaration of the occasion, first revealed in Quite a while of India on Sunday.