In San Jose, PM Narendra Modi Takes ‘Damaad’ Swipe at Congress

“This is an exercise we are undertaking in the spirit of our culture and tradition, but also because of our commitment to the future of this planet”, he said.

He also appreciated America’s support for India’s membership of the worldwide export control regimes within a targeted time frame.

This will be the third Modi-Obama meeting in just over a year and comes days after U.S. and India held a Strategic and Commercial Dialogue last week. “I see it in our infrastructure and smart cities and health”, he told a group of Indian reporters.

The Prime Minister said the Indo-US partnership addresses a broad range of strategic and security concerns.

Modi did not offer any new announcements, but instead pointed to government programs aimed at combating problems and his administration’s success in improving Internet accessibility. “This will also strengthen our maritime security cooperation”, he added. “Seeing the people and how people connected, reinforced what we were doing and is something I’ve always remembered”.

Lights flashed and chants of “Modi, Modi” crammed the 18,000-seat sports activities area in San Jose, California, on Sunday as the Indian premier took the stage for the ultimate occasion of his Silicon Valley tour, marked by sporadic protests over his human rights document.

“We should work together to advance that goal”.

“We demand an independent inquiry into hundreds and millions of dollars spent in organising the event(s)”, said the former union minister, accusing Modi of misusing his official state visits and claiming that hundreds of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers made preparations for his public events.

“Our meeting today was very productive in advancing a few of our immediate priorities as also our broader strategic partnership”, the Indian Prime Minister said. Stressing on the need of extensive use of technology, Mr Modi said, “In this digital age, we have the power to change life in a way that was hard to believe”.

Before the event, 40 startups each from India and the USA had a India-US Konnect 2015 event organised in collaboration with TiE Silicon Valley and IIM Ahmedabad’s CIIE India.

He said the two sides were working on Aircraft carrier technology.

He said Obama described India and USA as natural partners.

Given the packed schedule of Modi on his last day in the U.S., the summit will be the only platform where Modi and Sharif will be under one roof, raising speculation of whether the two leaders will greet each other. On terrorism front, Modi said it is a global phenomenon and no country can be immune to it.

To a question, Swarup said there was a mention of Pakistan in the context of terrorism. The initiative sparked a fiery debate in India that came to a head earlier this year when several prominent Indian companies pulled their support for the program, following criticism it interferes with the tenets of net neutrality.