Indian PM Meets Queen Before Wembley Rally

“India wants to see the development of green technology, we have a lot of expertise in that area”, he said.

Cameron has said trade deals worth £9 billion (12.7 billion euros/$13.7 billion) would be sealed during the visit.

Prior to this, Modi, along with British Prime Minister David Cameron, attended a meeting of the UK-India CEO Forum at Lancaster House.

The pace and direction of progress in India is such that the fruits of development will be seen very soon. Mr Modi spoke of historical ties and complementarities between India and Britain.

Supporters of Indian leader claim he will transform India into a superpower..

PM Modi, who was speaking against the backdrop of raging debate on “intolerance” in India, told the gathering during the course of his 90-minute address that newspaper and TV headlines are not the barometer to assess the country.

Asserting that Narendra Modi has proved his critics wrong, British Prime Minister David Cameron today said that his Indian counterpart has worked tremendously after forming the government in New Delhi and said “acche din zaroor aayega”. Modi arrived at the Buckingham Palace in a Jaguar built by the Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) on the second day of his maiden three-day official visit to Britain. “Between two vibrant democracies, we are celebrating this very special relationship in this very special venue”.

The show of political strength, three times the size of a similar event held in NY previous year, masks growing dissent in India, where an internal rebellion has punctured Modi’s aura of invincibility.

Members of Britain’s large Indian diaspora, many waving India’s tricoloured flag and wearing Modi masks, chanted the visiting leader’s name and let out a deafening cheer as he took to the stage for an hour-long speech, which combined soaring rhetoric with detailed policy strategy.

“Our main concern is that minorities are not safe in India”, said Sikh protester Kuldip Singh. Scenes from the rockstar reception at Wembley are aimed at burnishing the prime minister’s image back home, while exhorting overseas Indians to invest in their country of origin. The United Kingdom is supportive of India’s permanent membership of the UNSC, as was evident during discussions on textbased negotiations in NY in September 2015, as also of the four export control regimes.

Mr Cameron’s speech was fairly predictable, a celebration of the contribution of the one-and-a-half million strong British Indian community to the country and an expression of hope that a deepening partnership with India would deliver prosperity.

He said the fact that the world’s confidence in India was increasing was proved by the fact that foreign direct investment into India has increased by 40 percent over the past year.