U.S. Congressional Report Says Modi Will Encourage 'Fresh Engagement' With India

WASHINGTON: Voted to power with an absolute majority for the first time in nearly three decades, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, considered as an able administrator, promises "a fresh engagement" with the U.S., a latest Congressional report has said. Ahead of his maiden visit to the U.S. as India's Prime Minister, the top American leadership including President Barack Obama has expressed an interest in revitalizing bilateral relations.

It is to further boost trade and investment flows, deepen security cooperation, and otherwise solidify the geopolitical alignment with India, said latest Congressional report on the new Indian Government which was sent to U.S. lawmakers for private circulation last week. "Prime Minister Modi is known as an able administrator, having overseen impressive economic development in 15 years as chief minister of India's Gujarat state," said author K Alan Kronstadt, Specialist in South Asian Affairs, at the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

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