PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the US has been talked about at great length. Its interesting that till a few months back before he became the PM, Modi was not even sure of getting a visa to travel to the US. This followed a visa ban in 2005 imposed by the George W Bush government over the 2002 Gujarat riots. With a monumental shift of power in the Indian political scenario, the US now calls the visa ban a ‘thing of the past’.
But unknown to most people, Narendra Modi has infact visited the US 2 decades back. Back then, a much younger Narendra Modi had been invited by ACYPL (American Council of Young Political Leaders) along with some other political leaders and took a picture in front of the White House, completely oblivious to the fact that twenty years hence, he would be invited back as the PM of the largest democracy in the world.
G Kishen Reddy, the BJP president of Telangana has posted couple of pictures of his visit with PM Narendra Modi to the White House 20 years ago on his facebook page.
You can see Mr.Modi standing out of "White House" 20 years back, and now he is in with lot of pride!
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