Modi's Full Speech At Madison Square Garden

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected with thousands of cheering Indian diaspora at Madison Square Garden Sunday, promising them he would deliver on the electoral promise of a resurgent India and urged them to join in the mass movement to work for their country of origin.

 

Addressing a 20,000-strong crowd at the venue - that has seen former US presidents and rock stars take to the stage but never an Indian politician - and also thousands watching the event live outside on giant screens, and millions back home and around the world on TV and internet, Modi announced relief measures for the diaspora, including lifelong visas for Persons of Indian Origin cardholders and the merger of he PIO and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes with a new scheme to be announced soon.