Elaborate menus for a private dinner at the White House and a reception by the Indian Ambassador to the US are ready. However, Narendra Modi is unlikely to savour either. Throughout his US outing, the Prime Minister will be observing Navratra fast.
Top government officials told The Indian Express that Modi will have only fluids for the duration of the Navratras (September 25-October 3).
Said a top PMO official, ?The Prime Minister has been keeping Navratra fast for four decades and this year will be no different. We have told him that keeping his busy schedule in the US in mind, he should ideally have some lime juice or vitamin water, but he hasn?t said yes or no to us.?
Well-known NRIs who are organising events such as the one at Madison Square Garden in New York for Modi?s visit said that they too had been advised not to overcrowd the Prime Minister?s schedule keeping his nine-day-long fast in mind.
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