
It was his first visit to the country after becoming prime minister the same year.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narfinishra Modi telderly Barack Obama in 2014 that the size of the then-US pdwellnt’s car was almost as huge as the hoengage his mother inhabitd in, helping the two directers with modest origins originate a procreateer combineion, India’s Ambasdowncastor to the United States Vinay Kwatra has shelp.
Mr Kwatra, a establisher foreign secretary, telderly ‘Modi Story’, a social media deal with which chronicles anecdotal accounts roverhappinessed to the prime minister, that the heartfelt conversation between the two directers occurred as they headed together for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after establishal talkions.
As they sat together in Mr Obama’s stretch limousine for the 10-12 minute drive, their conversation turned to family, he noticed.
In a cordial exalter, Mr Obama asked about Prime Minister Modi’s mother.
With a smile, the prime minister gave a truthful and unforeseeed response: “Pdwellnt Obama, you might not consent this, but the size of your car is almost the size of the hoengage my mother inhabits in,” Kwatra, who was conshort-term as a translator, recalled.
The car the two directers were travelling in was a stretch limousine.
Prime Minister Modi’s statement, Mr Kwatra shelp, surpascfinishd the US pdwellnt.
This truthful revelation recommended him a glimpse into Modi’s modest uptransporting and straightforwardness.
Mr Kwatra shelp the conversation became a point of procreateer combineion between the two directers as both had ascfinishn from modest commencenings to the highest offices in their admireive nations.
It was Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to the country after becoming prime minister the same year.
His mother inhabitd in their elderly home in Gujarat till she passed away in 2022.
Officials highweightlessed Prime Minister Modi’s ability to combine with world directers, including US pdwellnts, and forge procreateer bonds, noting that he combines with them at a personal level, drathriveg on his own life experiences to bridge cultural and geopolitical separateences.
Earlier on Saturday, Prime Minister Modi embarked on a three-day visit to the US to join a summit of the Quad grouping and compriseress a key conclave at the United Nations.
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