US venue where Donald Trump rally got fake bomb threat will host PM Modi on Sunday

The venue will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, on September 22, will be addressing the Indian diaspora as a part of his three-day visit to the US to attend the Quad Summit.

In Short

• Donald Trump addressed a campaign rally at New York venue on Wednesday
• Police busted social media rumours of bomb being placed near the venue
• PM Modi will address Indian diaspora at the New York venue on September 22

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s scheduled rally at New York’s Nassau Veterans Coliseum witnessed a brief scare on September 18, after posts warning of bombs being placed in the area went viral on the internet, forcing law enforcement agencies to mobilise. US media reported that law enforcement officials quickly busted the rumours and detained a person who "may have been training a bomb detection dog."

Donald Trump's rally, which came just days after an apparent assassination bid on the former president at his Florida golf club, proceeded smoothly and safely at the Nassau Veterans Coliseum, a multi-purpose arena located in New York.

Incidently, the venue in Long Island, a suburban area just east of New York City, is set to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, on September 22, will address the Indian diaspora there as part of his three-day visit to the US to attend the Quad Summit.

The event at the stadium, which has a seating capacity of 15,000, is titled ‘US & Modi Progress Together’, and will see the Indian prime minister give a speech to an over-capacity crowd of 20,000 people who have already registered to attend the event.

This will be the prime minister’s first speech to the Indian diaspora in New York since his address at Madison Square Garden in 2014. In addition to the speech, cultural performances and appearances by prominent figures in the Indian-American community are also expected.

PM Modi's US visit may also see him meeting former president Donald Trump who is in a tight race to attain the keys to the White House in the upcoming US presidential elections on November 5.

Trump announced the meeting during a campaign event in Michigan on September 18. However, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, in its briefing on PM Modi's trip, refused to confirm or deny the meeting, saying that the Prime Minister has several meetings lined up.

The former president has, so far, been a target of two failed assassinations, but has not slowed down in campaigning to shore up votes. His campaign event in Long Island was his first in the area since 2017 and attracted a large crowd. And to that raucous crowd he forecasted himself to be the first Republican to win New York State in 40 years.