What did each side gain from the “Howdy, Modi!” rally in Texas?
“THIS IS extraordinary, unprecedented,” said Narendra Modi, before a whooping crowd of 50,000 in a stadium in Houston. The Indian prime minister was not wrong. He has appeared before plenty of big rallies of his diaspora supporters, in America, Britain, Australia and many points in between. In America it is usually up-and-coming politicians who join Mr Modi for the shows.
Mr Trump was not the only American politician there. At least 20 members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, also showed up in Houston. These included the two Texas senators, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. What did each side expect to gain from the shindig? This was quite a turnaround for the prime minister. For almost a decade he was denied a visa to visit America, because of his alleged role in the Gujarat riots in 2002, which left hundreds of people, mainly Muslims, dead. This was politely forgotten. As was a more recent controversy. In August Mr Modi revoked the long-established autonomy of Kashmir and sent in 40,000 extra troops.
Certainly in terms of vote-harvesting, the opportunity for Mr Trump looks meagre. There are only 4m Indian-Americans nationwide. Exclude children, and those who are not yet citizens, and there are only 1m Indian-American voters. Many of them live in states that offer thin pickings to Republicans, such as California, Illinois and New York. But such voters could matter in Texas, for example. About 150,000 Indian-Americans live in the Houston area.
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