Modi’s US state visit helped him gain crucial momentum ahead of India’s general elections next year: Analysts

“Every leader who hugs Mr Modi is actually an endorsement of his stature,” said Mr Mukhopadhyay, author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times. 

“And because today, we are living in the era where people’s sense of history is very short, it appears that there has never been any Indian leader of this stature anywhere in the world.”

QUESTIONS OVER DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES

Many see the state visit as a vindication of his record as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, when he was denied a visa by US officials due to his alleged involvement in the deadly sectarian riots in 2002.