More than 25,000 people have signed up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reception being organised by the Indian-American community in Silicon Valley on September 27.
The number is expected to increase after the registration process is opened to those not affiliated to the 500 community organisations which have joined hands for the reception. Given that the capacity of SAP Centre in San Jose-- an indoor arena in the heart of Silicon Valley -- is just 18,000, the Indo-American Community of West Coast, created recently to organise the reception, would have to resort to lottery to determine who all would get free tickets to attend the event.
Khande Rao Kand, convener of the Indo-American Community of West Coast, on Saturday tweeted: “25K already registered for Silicon Valley event.” “Individual registrations to open next week,” Rao tweeted. In September last, Mr. Modi addressed about 20,000 Indian-Americans at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
