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He's great. He's a friend of mine," Trump told a podcast with millions of subscribers hosted by stand-up comedian Andrew Schultz. "On the outside he looks like he's your father. He's the nicest. Total killer."

Trump and Hindu-nationalist Modi enjoy warm relations and the former US president has a sizable following among right-wing groups in India, who see him as a kindred spirit aligned with their hostility towards Muslims.

The pair heaped praise on each other in a joint appearance at a stadium in Houston in 2019, touting a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans.

Some 50,000 people attended the event -- dubbed, with a Texan twang, "Howdy, Modi!" -- and it was billed as the largest gathering ever by a foreign leader other than the pope in the United States.

Modi hosted Trump at an even bigger US-style rally in his home state of Gujarat during Trump's last year in office, before an estimated 100,000 supporters.

Trump -- who, like Modi, has been accused of discriminating against Muslims -- has stood by the Indian leader through multiple controversies, including the revocation of autonomy for Muslim-majority Kashmir.

"We had a couple of occasions where somebody was threatening India," Trump told Schultz. "I said, 'Let me help. I'm very good with those people. Let me help.'"

Apparently mimicking Modi's reply, Trump then said: "I will do it, I will do it, and I will do anything necessary. We've defeated them for hundreds of years."

"He was talking about a certain country. You can probably guess," said Trump.

He did not name the nation, although India and Pakistan have fought three major wars and countless border conflicts since they were partitioned out of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

Polling for the US election shows the Republican billionaire neck and neck with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian heritage, with just four weeks left before Americans pick their next leader.

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The video. Here Trump is talking about his interaction in Howdy Modi event when Modi gave that Sab Changa Si Speech

 
aboveandbeyond said:
Does Modi have a chief Interpreter travelling with him when visiting foreign shores?
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He can speak basic English...not fluent but manageable. He gave speech in US Congress in English for which he got standing ovation.

However, he can't get into full extempore and hence choose to speak in Hindi since it comes from heart and he can express himself better..

In 2024, language should be least of concern anyway. Atleast Trump understands him well based on the video.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
was that a complement or insult? lol
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Compliment. He is saying Modi is a nice man but self sufficient to deal with hostile nations without American help even though Trump offered to help him during Howdy Modi event.
 
Howdy Modi 2.0 gonna be lit when both the rock star leaders hit the stage in front of the millions of Modi bhakts and Trumpsters.
 
Rajdeep said:
He's great. He's a friend of mine," Trump told a podcast with millions of subscribers hosted by stand-up comedian Andrew Schultz. "On the outside he looks like he's your father. He's the nicest. Total killer."

Trump and Hindu-nationalist Modi enjoy warm relations and the former US president has a sizable following among right-wing groups in India, who see him as a kindred spirit aligned with their hostility towards Muslims.

www.france24.com

Trump lauds India's Modi as 'total killer'

Republican White House candidate Donald Trump praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "total killer" Wednesday as he discussed foreign leaders during a media blitz for the final stretch of the…
www.france24.com www.france24.com
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I think that is over-egged by hindutvas eager for US approval. Trump also claims true friendship with Saudi Arabia and was one of the chief apologists for MBS when he murdered the jouralist Khashoggi. Trump is a pure capitalist, he will say whatever it takes to gain market share, and India is a huge market.
 
gani999 said:
No, it doesn't make anything ok. It just shows you a mirror.
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It is whataboutism at it's finest. If you want to criticise Pakistan you can do that in a thread about Pakistan rather than using it to deflect from criticism of your own country. Don't be so defensive about India, you should be confident enough to refute any false allegations without dragging in other countries. This just makes it look like you have some guilt associated with the charges.
 
Champ_Pal said:
You mean about all the saffron terrorists terrorizing the West and committing mass murders in Europe and US? :rolleyes:
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No put the ribena down. Im discussing the topic of thread, why didnt Trump congratulate Hindus for Diwali?
 
KingKhanWC said:
No put the ribena down. Im discussing the topic of thread, why didnt Trump congratulate Hindus for Diwali?
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Type bro.
Trump is a known supporter of Hinduism. He was the first major world leader I believe to tweet against Anti Hindu riots happening in Bangladesh by their Islamist terrorists.
 
Champ_Pal said:
Why does he have to congratulate any group of people on anything?
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He doesnt but he did. Does he not know Diwali is a Hindu festival too?

If I can recall, there was a lot of Orange tshirt wearing scruffy guys on Twitter attacking him, including possibly rape threats! Why? lol
 
cricketjoshila said:
Doesn't matter. India isn't a religious republic where everyone has to wish the majority community.

As long as Trump is an ally of India. Nothing else matters.
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Are you sure? So many are beaten with sticks and forced to say something Jai Shree Ram?

Do you think Trump knows what Diwali is, I dont think he does.
 
Trump is a showman. He often says and does things for reactions. For example, he said he would build a border wall but the wall was barely completed.

He has 4 more years. After that, he is irrelevant as a US president can only have 2 terms maximum.
 
sweep_shot said:
Trump is a showman. He often says and does things for reactions. For example, he said he would build a border wall but the wall was barely completed.

He has 4 more years. After that, he is irrelevant as a US president can only have 2 terms maximum.
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He stopped the wall for a very good reason, the wall cant stop this bro...nothing can...

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US President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that garbage from India is floating all the way to Los Angeles ..

Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
 
sweep_shot said:
Trump is a showman. He often says and does things for reactions. For example, he said he would build a border wall but the wall was barely completed.

He has 4 more years. After that, he is irrelevant as a US president can only have 2 terms maximum.
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Will he be truly irrelevant or not, time will tell. I also thought the same when he lost the 2020 election that he and his movement , i.e Trumpism would simply fade away but ---- it didn't. I came back stronger.

I think he has now given birth to a movement and several "mini me"s or wanna bes, funnily enough of an original wannabe. It will be interesting to see how things go in the next 8-10 years.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Are you sure? So many are beaten with sticks and forced to say something Jai Shree Ram?

Do you think Trump knows what Diwali is, I dont think he does.
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Why should i bother if an American Christian knows about diwali or not?
 
KingKhanWC said:
He stopped the wall for a very good reason, the wall cant stop this bro...nothing can...

"
US President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that garbage from India is floating all the way to Los Angeles ..

Read more at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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You know, I have a little problem. We have a relatively small piece of land -- the United States. And you compare that to some of the other countries like China, like India, like Russia, like many other countries that absolutely are doing absolutely nothing to clean up their smokestacks and all of the garbage that they’re dropping in sea and that floats into Los Angeles..

From the article you posted.

Trump accused China Russia India and many others.... Atleast read what you post.
 
India's Modi invited to meet with Trump next week, White House official says

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a U.S. military plane departed to return deported migrants to the country.

Trump spoke with Modi on Jan. 27, when he discussed immigration and stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and fair bilateral trading ties.

India, a strategic partner of the United States in its efforts to counter China, is keen to enhance trade relations with the U.S. and make it easier for its citizens to get skilled worker visas.

It is also keen to avoid tariffs that Trump has threatened in the past, citing India's high tariffs on U.S. products.

The United States is India's largest trading partner and two-way trade between the two countries surpassed $118 billion in 2023/24, with India posting a trade surplus of $32 billion.

SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/india...xt-week-white-house-official-says-2025-02-04/
 
Thanks to President Trump for this honour.
I believe cooperation between these two major democracies of the world hold the key to a better world going into the future.

Good luck to PM Modi ji on hopefully another extremely success visit to the US. Under his tenure, we came a long way.
 
Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later on Thursday, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all.

Trump and Modi have developed a strong personal rapport over the years, marked by high-profile meetings and joint appearances. This time, they will also hold a joint press briefing, according to the White House.

Since their first meeting in Washington in 2017, their bond has grown through other events, including joint appearances at massive rallies in Houston and Ahmedabad. Their chemistry stems from shared worldviews and politics and a mutual strategic focus on countering China, a concern that has also strengthened the broader US-India partnership.

Not surprisingly, Trump has often criticised India, but he has never criticised Modi.

And so, during Modi's visit, the two leaders will probably spend time mapping out next steps in the US-India strategic partnership, which is already in a good place.

Modi will reportedly meet several members of Trump's cabinet, as well as US business leaders and members of the Indian-American community.

He may also meet SpaceX and Tesla chief Elon Musk. Modi, keen to scale up India's burgeoning electric vehicles sector, would be happy if Musk opened a Tesla factory in India.

And yet the Trump-Modi conviviality and heady talk of strategic partnership may mask a sobering reality: during Modi's visit, the relationship's transactional side will come into sharp relief with each leader, especially Trump, armed with an array of demands.

Delhi knows Trump well. Many of Modi's current cabinet ministers also served during his previous term, which overlapped with part of the first Trump administration. That familiarity has been on display since Trump's inauguration last month: Delhi has publicly signalled its willingness to lower tariffs, take back undocumented Indian immigrants and buy American oil.

It has already lowered some tariffs and taken back 104 undocumented Indians, with the first plane arriving in India last week. These pre-emptive steps are meant to prevent Trump from making specific demands of India and to reduce the likelihood of tensions with the new Trump administration.

Still, Trump may ask Modi to make additional tariff reductions, to further chip away at a US goods and services trade deficit with India that has approached $46bn (£37.10bn) in recent years.

On Wednesday evening, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump planned to announce reciprocal tariffs on other countries before his meeting with Modi.

But an obstacle could become an opportunity: Modi may call on Trump to enter into bilateral talks on an economic partnership accord meant to reduce tariffs on both sides.

In recent years, Delhi has shown a growing willingness to pursue trade deals. The Trump administration may prove to be a more willing interlocutor than the Biden administration, which imposed heavy environmental and labour-related conditions on new trade agreements.

Trump may also ask Modi to take back more undocumented Indians. Given that some estimates put the number at more than 700,000 - the third-largest such group in the US - this will be a difficult and delicate issue for Delhi to navigate.

Last week, India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told parliament that the government was working with the US to ensure Indian citizens were not mistreated while being deported after reports of them being shackled sparked anger.

Trump may also call on Modi to buy more American oil.

In 2021, India was the top destination for American oil exports, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine brought major changes in global oil markets and prompted Delhi to ramp up imports of cheap oil from close partner Russia. The price point will determine how much oil India is willing to buy from the US.

Modi may also come with his own energy ask: invest in Indian nuclear energy. Delhi is amending its nuclear liability law and has announced a new nuclear energy mission, in an attempt to sharpen international interest in the fuel.

India aims to meet half its energy requirements through renewable energy by 2030. Asking Trump to invest in nuclear fuel amounts to a potential happy medium: it is cleaner than fossil fuels, but far removed from the solar and wind power that may not strike the Trump administration as an attractive investment.

Technology will probably be discussed as well.

This was a fast-growing space for bilateral relations in the Biden era, thanks to the 2022 implementation of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET), which both sides view as a new cornerstone for strategic partnership. iCET is meant to be directly overseen by the two national security advisers - to avoid getting bogged down in bureaucracy - which means they must each be personally invested in it.

Modi will likely seek assurances from Trump and his National Security Adviser Mike Waltz that they remain committed to this. Given Washington's focus on countering China by making India a bigger part of tech global supply chains, they probably will.

Also on the tech co-operation front, Modi may make a pitch for Trump to maintain the H-1B visa regime. These visas for highly skilled foreign workers, heavily criticised by some influential Trump supporters, have been awarded to large numbers of Indian tech employees in the US.

Other countries may also come up during Modi's conversations in Washington. Iran could loom especially large.

Delhi is partnering with Tehran to develop a port in Chabahar city - part of a broader Indian strategy to strengthen connectivity links with Central Asia, via Iran and Afghanistan. But last week, the US administration released a presidential memorandum outlining Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran, which hints at removing sanctions waivers for those conducting commercial activities in Chabahar. Modi may seek clarity on what this means for Delhi.

Trump may also gauge Modi's position on a big foreign policy priority: ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Delhi has a strong interest in these wars winding down. Modi's position on the war in Ukraine - calling for an end to the conflict without criticising Putin or Russia - echoes that of Trump.

India's special relationship with Russia and close ties with Israel may prompt Trump to see if Modi would want to play a third-party mediator role as well. Modi would probably be comfortable doing so only if the parties are receptive to outside mediation.

But despite some potentially delicate discussions this week, both leaders will want to maintain a positive tone.

In that regard, the Indo-Pacific Quad will be just what the doctor ordered.

Trump strongly backs this group which consists of the US, India, Japan and Australia and focuses on countering Beijing.

In his first term, Trump elevated the Quad's annual meetings to the foreign minister level and Biden elevated them further to the leaders' level.

India is scheduled to host this year's Quad meeting and Modi may invite Trump to Delhi to attend this.

Trump reportedly is not a big fan of international travel but India is a trip he will probably be keen to make - to deepen his personal relationship with Modi and to advance a multifaceted bilateral partnership that extends well beyond the transactionalism that will carry the day in Washington this week.

BBC
 
Modi hails US-India 'mega partnership' in Trump meeting

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed a "mega partnership" between the US and India, as he and US leader Donald Trump wrapped up a meeting in which they announced a deal for Delhi to import more US oil and gas in an effort to shrink the trade deficit between both countries.

Modi's two-day visit comes as Trump recently ordered that all the US' trading partners - including India - should face sweeping reciprocal tariffs.

And while both men praised each other's leadership, Trump criticised India for having some of the highest trade tariffs in the world, calling them a "big problem".

The Indian leader, seeking to soften impending trade barriers, said he was open to reducing tariffs on US goods, repatriating undocumented Indian nationals and buying military fighter jets from the US.

At a joint news conference, Modi made several references to Trump's "make America great again" slogan, including his own spin to it: "It's Make India Great Again - Miga," Modi said.

"Maga plus Miga...[is a] Mega partnership for prosperity".

Trump also added that India would be "purchasing a lot of our oil and gas" in an effort to close the trade deficit between both countries.

"They need it. And we have it," Trump said.

With India already being reliant on imported oil, which it sources from multiple countries, the energy deal with the US "presents a relatively low hanging fruit for both parties", Radhika Rao, a senior economist at Singapore's DBS bank told the BBC.

"The US is the largest export market for India's goods and services, which underscores the administration's willingness to pre-emptively smoothen trade relations and offer concessions to narrow the bilateral trade deficit that the US runs with India," she said.

However, "India's challenge will be to balance its own trade deficit because US oil and gas might be more expensive due to a stronger dollar," Amitendu Palit, senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore's Institute of South Asian Studies said.

"Reciprocal tariffs are likely to follow on India too at some stage. Hopefully for India, they won't turn out to be larger than expected," said Dr Palit.

Trump also added that the US would increase sales of military hardware to India by millions of dollars, eventually supplying Delhi with F-35 fighter jets.

The two also spoke about immigration - another pain point in bilateral relations - with Trump announcing that the US would extradite a man who allegedly plotted 2008 Mumbai terror attack to "face justice in India".

Modi thanked Trump for allowing the extradition and vowed to accept repatriations of Indian nationals illegally living in the US.

Last week, US deported on a military plane 104 Indians accused of being illegal immigrants, with a video showing deportees in shackles. A second flight is expected to land in India on Saturday.

Indians are one of the largest populations of unauthorised immigrants in the US. They also hold the majority of H-1B visas - a programme that Trump had temporarily banned during his first term and is now coming under fresh scrutiny.

Shortly before his meeting with Modi, Trump had ordered his advisers to calculate broad new tariffs on US trading partners around the globe, warning they could start coming into effect by 1 April.

He acknowledged the risks of his tariff policy but argued the policy would boost American manufacturing and the country would be "flooded with jobs".

Trump told reporters that "our allies are worse than our enemies", when it comes to import taxes.

"We had a very unfair system to us," the Republican president said before meeting Modi. "Everybody took advantage of the United States."

The White House also issued a news release that fired a trade shot across the bows of India and other countries.

The document noted that the average US tariff on agricultural goods was 5% for countries to which Washington had granted most favoured nation (MFN) status.

"But India's average applied MFN tariff is 39%," the White House fact sheet said.

"India also charges a 100% tariff on US motorcycles, while we only charge a 2.4% tariff on Indian motorcycles."

Trump has already placed an additional 10% tariff on imports from China, citing its production of fentanyl, a deadly opioid that has stoked a US overdose epidemic.

He has also readied tariffs on Canada and Mexico, America's two largest trading partners, that could take effect in March after being suspended for 30 days.

Earlier this week, he removed exemptions from his 2018 steel and aluminium tariffs.

BBC
 
Trump says US to increase military sales to India, eventually provide F-35 jets

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The United States will increase military sales to India starting in 2025 and will eventually provide F-35 fighter jets, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
"We'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters," Trump told reporters.
Trump did not provide a timeline, but foreign military sales, especially for cutting-edge technology like the stealthy F-35 jet, typically take years to work through.

 
India, US agree to resolve trade and tariff rows after Trump-Modi talks

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - India and the U.S. agreed on Thursday to start talks to clinch an early trade deal and resolve their standoff over tariffs as New Delhi promised to buy more U.S. oil, gas and military equipment and fight illegal immigration.
The series of agreements emerged after talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, just hours after Trump railed against the climate for U.S. businesses in India and unveiled a roadmap for reciprocal tariffs on countries that put duties on U.S. imports.

"Prime Minister Modi recently announced the reductions to India's unfair, very strong tariffs that limit us access to the Indian market, very strongly," Trump said. "And really it's a big problem I must say."
The deal to resolve trade concerns could be done within the next seven months, said India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
A joint statement after the meeting said Washington welcomed New Delhi's recent steps to lower tariffs on select U.S. products and increase market access to U.S. farm products, while seeking to negotiate the initial segments of a trade deal by the fall of 2025.

 
Modi is making significant steps with his latest USA visit. I read reuters and bloomberg every morning and surprised to see entire home page of Reuters is filled with news of Modi & Trump meet.

But but Chaiwala, uneducated PM, 3rd world country

:sree

:kp
 
PM Modi has cemented his legacy as the GOAT world leader of the last 100-150 years of the modern world.
 
Rajdeep said:
Trump says US to increase military sales to India, eventually provide F-35 jets

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The United States will increase military sales to India starting in 2025 and will eventually provide F-35 fighter jets, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
"We'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters," Trump told reporters.
Trump did not provide a timeline, but foreign military sales, especially for cutting-edge technology like the stealthy F-35 jet, typically take years to work through.

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F-35 for India? Pakistan fumes as Trump announces fighter jet deal​


Pakistan has raised concerns after US President Donald Trump stated that his administration is working towards providing India with F-35 stealth fighter jets. During a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Trump announced plans to increase military sales to India, which could include the advanced aircraft, reported Hindustan Times.

Pakistan has urged the international community to consider the regional security implications, warning that such a move could affect military balance and strategic stability in South Asia, according to the report.

A spokesperson for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) addressed the issue during a weekly press briefing on Friday, stating, "Pakistan is deeply concerned over the planned transfer of advanced military technologies to India. Such steps accentuate military imbalances in the region and undermine strategic stability."

He further added, "They remain unhelpful in achieving the objective of a durable peace in South Asia. We urge our international partners to take a holistic and objective view of issues of peace and security in South Asia and refrain from endorsing positions that are one-sided and deviate from ground reality."

 
Almost by all the respect Trump has bestowed Bharat because of his warm relationship with Modi ji.

I can’t imagine how badly the Trump-Elon duo would have trolled us if we were lead by Congress tools.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Trump asking questions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1891968054420177129
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True. Is trump wrong here? No. And Modi amd Ind Citizens will agree as well. Dont see what the issue jere would be

And that's the thing. US needs to cut all this foreign aid. With Ind- 21 mil is a drop in the ocean. US Ind agreed to 200 billion of military sales to Ind. US needs to cut aid to Ukraine and NATO as well. And all those countries that spew anti US rhetoric but want US financial aid money though.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Trump asking questions.

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Trump's '$21m for voter turnout' claim triggers political row in India

US President Donald Trump's remark that his country spent $21m to boost voter turnout in India's elections has triggered a political slugfest in the country.

He made the remark days after a team led by Elon Musk said it had cancelled the payout as part of its crackdown on a US agency providing foreign aid.

India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called the payout an "external interference" and accused the opposition Congress party of seeking this intervention.

The Congress denied the allegation, calling Trump's claims "nonsensical". The US has not provided any evidence to support its claim.

Trump vowed to boost the US economy and soon after returning to office, he created the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), led by Musk, to slash federal spending and jobs. Musk says Doge's mission is to save taxpayer money and cut national debt.

One of its biggest moves - now making global headlines - is a crackdown on USAID, the US agency overseeing humanitarian aid since the 1960s. Musk, who has called USAID a "criminal organisation", announced on Sunday that funding for several projects had been cancelled.

The cuts included $486m for the "Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening", with "$21m for voter turnout in India" and "$22m for inclusive and participatory political process in Moldova".

Defending Doge's cuts, Trump said India "had a lot of money" and was among the world's highest-taxing nations.

On Thursday, he doubled down, questioning the $21m spend on "India's voter turnout".

The latest comments came a week after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first Washington visit under Trump's second term, where Trump announced expanded military sales, increased energy exports and plans for a trade deal and new defence framework.

"I guess they were trying to get somebody else elected. We have got to tell the Indian government," the US president said at a summit in Miami.

The same day, BJP leader Amit Malviya shared a clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaking at an event in London before the 2024 general election.

In the clip, Gandhi can be heard saying that major democracies like the US and European countries were "oblivious that a huge chunk of democratic model has come undone [in India]".

"Rahul Gandhi was in London, urging foreign powers - from the US to Europe - to intervene in India's internal affairs," Malviya alleged in his post on X.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh dismissed the claim and urged the government to report on USAID's decades-long support to governmental and non-governmental institutions during PM Modi's tenure.

Did USAID really donate $21m to India?

Despite widespread reports, neither Doge nor Trump has provided evidence that USAID gave India $21m for voter turnout.

India's poll panel has not responded, but former election chief SY Qureshi denied receiving such funding during his tenure, which ran from 2010 to 2012.

Earlier, Malviya claimed that in 2012, under Mr Qureshi, the panel signed an agreement with a group linked to George Soros' foundation - primarily funded by USAID - to support a voter turnout campaign.

Mr Qureshi dismissed the allegation as "malicious", stating that the agreement explicitly imposed "no financial or legal obligation on either side".

On Friday, the Indian Express newspaper said in an investigative report that the $21m was sanctioned for Bangladesh and not India.

It was meant to run for three years until July 2025 and that $13.4m had already been spent, according to records accessed by the newspaper.

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