{"id":328437,"date":"2020-11-08T05:17:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T05:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=328437"},"modified":"2020-11-08T05:17:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T05:17:49","slug":"look-forward-to-working-closely-pm-modi-congratulates-joe-biden-for-his-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/look-forward-to-working-closely-pm-modi-congratulates-joe-biden-for-his-win\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Look forward to working closely\u2019: PM Modi congratulates Joe Biden for his win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328438 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/modi.jpg 526w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/modi-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/11\/modi-451x420.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden for his win over Republican US President Donald Trump in a close presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cCongratulations @JoeBiden on your spectacular victory! As the VP, your contribution to strengthening Indo-US relations was critical and invaluable. I look forward to working closely together once again to take India-US relations to greater heights,\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi also congratulated vice president elect Kamala Harris for her win and said her success was pathbreaking and a matter of immense pride for all Indian Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHeartiest congratulations @KamalaHarris! Your success is pathbreaking, and a matter of immense pride not just for your chittis, but also for all Indian-Americans. I am confident that the vibrant India-US ties will get even stronger with your support and leadership,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On Saturday, Joe Biden defeated the incumbent US President Donald Trump in the presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Other leaders also tweeted on Saturday night to congratulate Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cCongratulations to President-elect @JoeBiden. I\u2019m confident that he will unite America and provide it with a strong sense of direction,\u201d Rahul tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After winning the presidential election, Joe Biden said, \u201cAmerica, I\u2019m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans \u2014 whether you voted for me or not. I will keep the faith that you have placed in me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden for his win over Republican US President Donald Trump in a close presidential election. \u201cCongratulations @JoeBiden on your spectacular victory! As the VP, your contribution to strengthening Indo-US relations was critical and invaluable. I look forward to working closely together once again to take India-US relations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":328438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[12311,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328439,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328437\/revisions\/328439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/328438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}