India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in a first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019.

Three months after his worst election performance to date, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing another challenging vote: this time in the fragile region of Jammu and Kashmir, where separatist sentiment is strong and voters are angry with their loss of autonomy.

Members of the Indian diaspora in the US express excitement for PM Modi's visit, praising his leadership and anticipating policy discussions at the Quad Summit and UNGA. The visit, from September 21-23,

The visit marks an important moment in India’s evolving global role, especially in a time of geopolitical uncertainty.

New initiatives to boost cooperation to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific, ways to find peaceful solutions to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza and addressing concerns of the global South will be the focus of PM Modi's three-day US visit.