U.S. Opens New Chapter with Modi's India

"She will arrive in Delhi in early June and looks forward to working closely with the new Government of India on a range of issues," Psaki said.

Meanwhile, in an editorial on the New York Times said "with the strongest mandate of any incoming government in India in 30 years," Modi, has a historic opportunity to shape the country's future."

In the piece titled "Modi's Obligation to Justice," the influential U.S. daily recalled "his troubling past, when he was associated with deadly riots in his home state of Gujarat that killed more than 1,000 people, most of them Muslims,"

"Modi needs now to offer a powerful balancing message by acting promptly to end the neglect of nearly 4,000 Muslim families displaced by the 2002 riots and now living in 86 settlements in Gujarat," it said.

'The new government should also demonstrate its commitment to a fair and effective judiciary," the Times said as "ensuring impartial, speedy and certain justice for all of India's citizens would do much to inspire confidence across the board."