AHMEDABAD, Feb 13 — US President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month. A senior government said the wall was being built for security reasons, not to conceal the slum district. But the...
US President Donald Trump is famously cordial with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. — Reuters pic
But the contractor building it told Reuters the government “did not want the slum to be seen” when Trump passes by on the ride in from Ahmedabad’s airport. He is expected to attend an event dubbed “Kem Chho Trump” at a stadium in Ahmedabad along the lines of the “Howdy Modi” extravaganza he hosted for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Houston last September.
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