Ahmedabad, Feb 24: US President Donald Trump arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for the first leg of his India trip.
The Air Force One plane carrying Trump and his wife Melania landed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport here at 11.37 am, officials said.
It was scheduled to land at 11.40 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Ahmedabad over an hour before Trump did, was present at the airport to welcome the US president at the airport.
In Ahmedabad, Trump will visit Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram, take part in a roadshow with Modi and jointly address over one lakh people at a cricket stadium, before heading for Agra to see the iconic Taj Mahal with Melania.
Trump, who is also accompanied by daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and top brass of his administration, will get a taste of India's cultural melange during his high- optics Gujarat itinerary, after the bonhomie between the two leaders at the 'Howdy, Modi!' event in Houston last year.
The US president and Modi will participate in a roadshow from the airport to Sabarmti Ashram and from there to the newly-built Motera cricket stadium, where over a lakh people are expected to be present for the 'Namaste Trump' event.
Dance groups and singers from different parts of the country will be performing on stages that are dotting the 22- km route of the 'India roadshow' in the city.
Huge billboards of the two leaders and replicas of historic places in Gujarat have also been placed along the roads where people will greet the two leaders.
Over 10,000 police personnel, besides officials of the United States Secret Service, and personnel of the National Security Guards (NSG) and the Special Protection Group (SPG) have been deployed for the high profile visit.
The seventh US president to visit India, Trump on Sunday retweeted a video in which his face was superimposed on the hit Indian movie-character Bahubali, showing him as a great saviour.
Modi will accompany Trump to the Sabarmati Ashram, which was home to Mahatma Gandhi from 1917-1930 during India's freedom struggle.
Several world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have visited Sabarmati Ashram in recent years.
Ashram secretary Amrut Modi said Trump will spend 15 minutes at the place.
"Trump will visit the 'Hriday Kunj'. If he wishes, he will spin a charkha (spinning wheel). We will also gift him a coffee-table book, and a book containing 150 quotations of Gandhi," the Ashram official said.
Hriday Kunj is a room on the Ashram premises where Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi had lived for 12 years between 1918 and 1930.
The official said the US President would be briefed about Gandhiji and the importance of charkha as a symbol of self-reliance.
There will be a cultural extravaganza at the Motera stadium during the 'Namaste Trump' event, where Trump and Modi will address the gathering.
Bollywood singer Kailash Kher and some Gujarati folk singers will perform at the stadium, officials of the Gujarat Cricket Association said.
Students of various government and private schools have also been roped in to perform at cultural events and they have been practicing for days, an official said.
Billboards with slogans hailing Indo-US relations and having pictures of Trump and Modi walking together, shaking hands, and waving at the crowd during the 'Howdy Modi' event are dotting the city.
Addressing media persons here on Monday Ataullah Jokatte, DK district unit vice president of SDPI, said that drug peddlers and addicts were reason for the most of the untoward incidents in Ullal.
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Its everywhere in mangalore... Check the police records.... Ok.. So what sdpi needs to do... Dont blame a particular area.... Most of. Sdpis are from there.....
This Goons already ashamed by safwan parents and locals so, now they compensation asking for both Raju kotian and safwan haha ha what a joke!!! jokers around SDPI..............
Being from Ullal it is true that Ullal is becoming adda of drug addicts.People terrified to go out. With addiction of ganja everyone want to becoming don and threatening common people.
\You wonderful fools did not understand, not woke up, brought up in this nation , Education half of the way, mostly job less, awaiting Middle east go!!! no Idea about work, am not mentioning you Buffoons, YOU ALL WELL CLEVER SOME TIMES IN THE WELL!!!!. \"Divide and rule applicable here in Hindustan\" you all wonders divide in all parties, this is your fate masters, blame Each other only the solution and afterword's some one killing you one or other day.
Be try to be safe under one umbrella not to divide and blame each other, OTHERWISE THIS IS THE SITUATION TO YOU ALL.
Just go to your mind to our favourite or Hesitate State \"KASHMIR\" now Criminal Goonda Looters ruling, believe it, same fate to you in Ullal!!!
Jai Hindustan."
It is not a time for blame game...SDPI is opportunistic party...trying to find political foothold around...their intention is very bad....
All Dont make fabricated comment and Dont support all these criminals.
All should be United-Hindu Muslim & Christian and fight against RSS & Grubby Politics
Good Move by SDPI.
Ullal is a beautiful place, and parties like SDPI is a master mind behind all the communal activities.
SDPI is intentionally defaming ullal's name, the only reason is they couldnt win the last election.
I Agree, all cattle thieves, drugs dealers, criminals, love the place called Ullal
Dear SDPI Brother's
Dont wait for the Govt to Curb your own brother's from doing Wrong.Its each one of ours responsibility to teach them about Islaam is,About life after Death,Rather pin pointing other's First do your self then blame the Govt.
I know its very hard to accept for each one of Us.So we start blaming other's.Directly or Indirectly we are also responsible for all this and we will have to answer the ALMIGHTY ALLAH.
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