Cameron sings Modi tune, says ‘ache din zaroor aayega’

“Kabir and Rahim have been our inspirations, ” he added. “The Sufi tradition is the best antidote to terrorism”, he said.

Modi then took to the stage to the sound of his name being chanted and the flashing lights from thousands of camera phones. There is no reason for India to remain poor. It said, “As Narendra Modi and David Cameron leap from crag to crag of ever more outrageous flattery, one might wish that the affair could have been pitched on a somewhat lower level. Diversity is India’s pride, it is our speciality and our strength”, he said.

FDI into India has increased by 40 per cent. Shows the increasing worldwide confidence in India. “We are consistently and ceaselessly working to integrate our economy with the world”, he said.

Modi said he wanted to make a “Clean India” and provide round the clock power to all by 2019, which is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

People intermittently shouted “Modi, Modi” as the prime minister delivered the speech.

In his opening remarks, British Prime Minister David Cameron referred to Modi’s vision and intent for transforming India.

In the evening, the visiting premier reached Wembley Stadium, the home to iconic rock concerts and England’s national football team, to address 60,000 strong Indian Diaspora (or around 4% of the Indian Diaspora in Britain). “My India resides in people like Imran Khan”, he said. He renewed his pitch for India getting a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. “I will go on further and say ‘ acche din zaroor aayega'”, he said amid a thumping applause from the crowd. It was obviously in keeping with Modi’s “Make in India” initiative.

Apart from Alisha, British singer-rapper Jay Sean, Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor, and Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth, as also the London Philharmonic Orchestra, were among those who enthralled the crowd.

Nine Red Arrows will leave a color trail of fumes forming the Indian tricolor when they will fly over the prestigious Wembley Stadium in London on Friday.

It will be the royal couple’s first visit to India, but it is not clear whether their two children, Prince George, aged two, and Princess Charlotte, six months, will accompany them. He said India would lead a global “Solar Alliance” of countries blessed with abundant solar radiation, to pursue the goal of economical solar energy generation. Palms folded he said: ” Namaste Wembley…we want them to hear you all the way in Mumbai”.

Following the CEOs Forum meeting, Modi arrived at Buckingham Palace where he was received by Queen Elizabeth II. These included photographs of the Queen dating back to her India visit when she was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade in 1961.

Modi’s three-day United Kingdom visit is the first by an Indian PM in a decade.