Over 300 Indo-U.S. Organizations Join Hands to Welcome PM Modi

To mark this occasion, community leaders are inviting their Congressmen to attend what they are building as "a historic reception" for a foreign leader on American soil.

A large number of U.S. lawmakers are expected to attend the event.

Also there are already talks of streaming live his Madison Square Garden event in nearly a dozen cities across the U.S., including Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Tampa, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley.

Ram Madhav, the newly appointed BJP national general secretary, was in Washington and New York this week holding meetings with the community leaders to have an on-the-ground assessment of the preparations.

After the civilian nuclear-deal, this is for the first time such a large number of Indian American organizations have come together on a platform.

Meanwhile, a group of Indian Americans have launched an on-line petition on the White House website congratulating President Barack Obama for extending invitation to Modi.

"This petition congratulates the White House for inviting PM Modi. This occasion must be used to celebrate Indian democracy," the petition said.

"We petition that the U.S. government use this opportunity to concede its previous politically motivated visa denial to Modi," said the petition which was launched.

In a related development, a top American Congressman Brad Sherman yesterday urged the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner to have the House in Session between September 29 and October 30 so that that Mr Modi can address a joint session of the Congress.

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