BANGALORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a meeting of around 20,000 people in New York, this coming September; the event will be a political spectacle unlike anything before. New York City's Madison Square Garden, which had previously hosted everything from legendary music concerts to political conventions, now for the first time in history, the indoor stadium will be witnessing such a political show, reports Times of India.

Modi has a huge fan following in U.S. with many Gujaratis and businessmen from India. Modi's U.S. supporters and principal event organizers led by Indiana physician Bharat Barai are in talks with Madison Square Garden executives to rent the stadium that is expected to cost more than $1 million.

Previously Indian Prime Ministers, Dr Manmohan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee who have visited the U.S. were subjected to community receptions in ballrooms of five star hotels with a capacity of only around 1000. The commitee initially looked at renting the New York MetLife Stadium, which can accommodate 82,500 people or the Yankee Stadium that can accommodate 50,000 people, but both venues were unavailable because of the dates clashing with sports events.

The organizers, mostly from the Overseas BJP unit have also been instructed to make the event a grand and independent show. The party sources have said this time the prime minister’s office has taken measures to stop all factionalism and directed a committee led by Dr Bharat Barai to take charge.

Barai, a medical oncologist in Indiana, is a long-time friend of the Prime Minister since his days in the RSS. He and his wife Panna were personal front-row guests of the Prime Minister at his swearing in New Delhi in May. Their friendship goes back to 1993, when Modi stayed with the Barais in Munster, Indiana, during his visit to Chicago for the Swami Vivekananda Centenary.

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