Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the US on Wednesday where he will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday. As he reached Blair House, the President’s Guest House where he will be staying during his visit to the US on February 12-13, he was accorded a rousing welcome by the Indian-American diaspora. 

Braving freezing temperatures and rain, the community welcomed him with ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Modi Modi’ as they waved the Indian and American flags. Modi is the fourth foreign leader hosted by Trump in the weeks after his inauguration last month. As a symbolic gesture, the US flag at the Blair House was replaced with the Indian flag before PM Modi’s arrival.