US Prez Joe Biden razzes PM Modi about his popularity, says ‘I should take your autograph’
JAPAN,MAY 21 :US President Joe Biden on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his autograph after discovering how he has been managing large crowds, according to sources.
When US President Joe Biden walked up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Quad meeting, one of the points he made was the large number of requests he was getting from prominent citizens to attend the Indian leader’s programmes during his next month state visit to Washington DC, officials said on Sunday.
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During the Quad meeting in Japan’s Hiroshima, Biden came up to PM Modi and said that he’s been facing a challenge with a deluge of requests from prominent citizens to attend the program of PM Modi, reported news agency ANI.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who was also present, added in the conversation that there is a capacity of 20,000 for the community reception in Sydney but he is still not able to manage the requests he is getting.
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Both President Biden and PM Albanese complained to PM Modi about their peculiar challenges.
PM Albanese then remembered how over 90,000 people welcomed PM Modi during the victory lap at the Narendra Modi stadium.
To this, Joe Biden told PM Modi, “I should take your autograph.”
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Modi and Albanese were in the Gujarat stadium to watch an India-Australia test match in March this year and had taken a lap of honour.
Prime Minister Modi was in Japan to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan.
-The India Today
