India TV : Feb 24, 2020, 01:01 PM
During his visit to Sabarmati Ashram, US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump spun Mahatma Gandhi's Charkha. According to Ashram officials, Trump will visit the 'Hriday Kunj' and he will be gifted a coffee-table book containing 150 quotations of Gandhi. Trump, who is also accompanied by daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and top brass of his administration, will get a taste of India's cultural melange during his high-optics Gujarat itinerary.The US president and Modi will participate in a roadshow from the airport to Sabarmti Ashram and from there to the newly-built Motera cricket stadium, where over a lakh people are expected to be present for the 'Namaste Trump' event.Dance groups and singers from different parts of the country will be performing on stages that are dotting the 22-km route of the 'India roadshow' in the city.Huge billboards of the two leaders and replicas of historic places in Gujarat have also been placed along the roads where people will greet the two leaders.Over 10,000 police personnel, besides officials of the United States Secret Service, and personnel of the National Security Guards (NSG) and the Special Protection Group (SPG) have been deployed for the high profile visit.Several world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have visited Sabarmati Ashram in recent years.Ashram secretary Amrut Modi said Trump will spend 15 minutes at the place.