Narendra Modi: India full of diversity
India’ s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage with UK PM David Cameron, has hailed his country;s “special relationship” with the UK as he addressed a 60,000 British crowd at Wembley Stadium rally. Modi was given a rock star welcome by David Cameron.
He said “ a historic day for a great partnership between two great nations. I would like to ensure you that the dreams you have dreamt and the dreams every Indian has dreamt – India is capable of fulfilling these dreams. There is no reason for India to remain a poor country.”
Earlier Modi had lunch with the Queen at the Buckingham Palace.
David Cameron introduced his Indian counterpart to the stage, he said the UK-India relationship was “about out potential”, and said both countries were “united by the scale of our ambition. Team India , team UK-. Together we are winning combination.” The crowds applauded when he said it won’t be long before there was a British Indian prime minister in Downing Street.
Modi gave most of his speech mainly in Hindi, apart from a short opening welcome in English.