Sanjeev Bhatt is fighting a legal battle against the formidable Chief Minister and he has now brought it to the electoral arena by proxy.NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading back to the US. A year after he wowed the audience at New York's Madison Square Garden, Modi will try to recreate that magic in Silicon Valley.
Modi is slated to visit the US at the end of September to address a special session of the United Nations to mark the 70th year of its foundation, after which he is likely to fly to the west coast to woo IT and digital industry leaders in Silicon Valley, sources said.
Modi will pitch his 'Digital India' campaign in the home of hundreds of tech and startup companies as he seeks to fulfill his vision of empowering India's citizens with access to digital services, knowledge and information. This follows his 'Make in India' crusade at the Hannover Messe in Germany in April.
Additionally, continuing his practice of wooing the Indian diaspora, Modi is likely to address a special community event in San Francisco on the lines of his Madison Square Garden address last September.
However, given Modi's goal of improving governance and focus on attracting investments in electronic manufacturing in the country, sources said the prime minister's key agenda will be to engage with industry leaders and investors during a closed-group meeting with them in Silicon Valley.
Modi is expected to land in New York on September 24 evening and will address the UN the next day. A series of bilateral meetings is also being worked out for him by the ministry of external affairs before he heads out to the west coast. Trips to other nations are also being planned.
Modi is scheduled to travel to the UK on an official visit in mid-November, during which he plans to hold a community meeting with the Indian diaspora in London. Sources said that efforts are under way to book Wembley Stadium for this event.
At the end of November, the prime minister is slated to visit Singapore, where he will also address Indians and Indian-origin people. Modi had visited Singapore in March for the funeral of the island nation's founder, Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore will most likely be a stopover on the way back from the Association of South East Asian Nations summit in Malaysia.
Sources said efforts are being made for Modi to visit Dubai, which is home to a large number of Indians, sometime soon. A trip to the business hub of the Middle East would complete Modi's agenda for direct meetings with the Indian diaspora in the major cities of the world. However, the Dubai meeting is still not final, the sources said.
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