New York: The visit of US President Barack Obama to India is a powerful symbol of the new energy that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have brought to India-US relations and the American leader will see a new India that feels much more confident about its role as a rising power, as per analysis of experts.
Council on Foreign Relations’ senior fellow for India, Pakistan and South Asia Alyssa Ayres said that Modi is demonstrating willingness to break some of the older “truisms about wanting to have equal ties with all great powers”.
Ayres said in a media call on Obama’s trip to India, “Modi doesn’t have any of the hang-ups that previous predecessors might have had about what will it mean if he appears too close, or appears to be leaning too far in the direction of the United States. He just simply doesn’t care. He seems to think that the United States is a country that’s going to be supportive for the economic transformation that he wants to deliver to Indian citizens. And he’ll be able to develop close ties with the US.”
She added that unlike the previous UPA regime, the new Indian government is looking at economic growth as the single most important vehicle through which India can eradicate poverty.
