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New York: The year 2024 was very special in terms of India-America relations. This year many dramatic developments were also seen in America. Presidential elections were announced in America in the year 2024. President Joe Biden abandoned his presidential bid after a poor performance in a nationally televised debate against Republican nominee Donald Trump. Along with this, during the election campaign full of bitterness and allegations and counter-allegations, Trump narrowly escaped two deadly attacks.
Ultimately, Vice President Kamala Harris was made the candidate by the Democratic Party against Trump. But 78-year-old Donald Trump created history by defeating Indian-origin Kamala Harris in the elections. Along with this, her return to the White House after a gap of 4 years shattered the dreams of the Democratic Party and millions of its supporters, who were hoping to see the first woman President in the country.
Trump repeated history after 132 years
Trump became the second President of America to achieve such a feat after Grover Cleveland, who returned to the post four years after leaving the presidency about 132 years ago. He repeated the history of his country after 132 years. Now at a time when the Biden administration is preparing to leave the White House, an official said India-US relations are in a “very strong position” and observers are hopeful that bilateral relations will improve during Trump’s upcoming term as President. Will continue to receive bipartisan support.
Challenges in India-US relations at the end of 2024
At the end of the year 2024, many new challenges were seen in the relations between the two countries. But still the relations remained stable. The end of the year is also challenging in the wake of the indictment being issued in the US related to the attempted murder of a Sikh separatist, the case related to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and Trump’s threat to impose higher tariffs on Indian imports. . Before the elections in the world’s oldest democracy (America), voters in the world’s largest democracy (India) voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a historic third term.
Modi-Trump friendship will bear fruits
PM Modi congratulated his “friend” Trump – the oldest person in US history to be elected President – on his “historic” victory and said he looks forward to further strengthening the India-US overall global and strategic partnership. Looking forward to. Modi’s relations with both President Biden and Trump have been strong. Both Modi and Biden hosted each other in their countries between June 2023 and September 2024. These visits underline the strong progress of bilateral relations. In June 2023, Biden hosted Modi’s state visit in Washington and then in September the US president visited New Delhi for the G-20 summit. After this, the two leaders met in June 2024 during the G-7 summit in Italy.
PM Modi attended Quad summit in Delaware
Three months after the G-7, PM Modi reached the US for the fourth summit of Quad leaders held at Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware. After a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit, Biden said that “America’s partnership with India is stronger, closer, and more dynamic than at any time in history.” However, there were ups and downs in the relationship. While in the year 2023, the Biden administration accused Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta of being involved in a conspiracy to attempt to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu on American soil, in October 2024, former Indian government employee Vikas Yadav was also accused by the US authorities of this Accused of being involved in an alleged conspiracy.
Relations soured due to allegations against Gautam Adani
In November, the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged businessman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani as well as Azure Power Global Ltd. executive Cyril Cabanes in bribery related to US$250 million. In parallel action, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed criminal charges against Gautam and Sagar Adani and others. Vineet S. Jain, Ranjit Gupta, Rupesh Aggarwal, Cyril Cabanes, Saurabh Aggarwal and Deepak Malhotra were also charged in the criminal indictment. India said it is a legal matter, involving private companies and individuals and the US Justice Department. There are established procedures and legal avenues that will be followed in such cases.
Hope of further strength in relations with Trump
It remains to be seen how this matter progresses during the Trump administration. Trump has included many people of Indian origin in his administration. Vivek Ramaswamy for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, Kash Patel as FBI Director, Harmeet K. as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Dhillon, Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health and Sriram Krishnan as senior policy adviser on artificial intelligence are among the Indian-Americans expected to play key roles in the Trump 2.0 administration.
How will relations between the two countries be in the future from the officials’ point of view?
On the charges, a senior administration official said the US-India relationship is “becoming more complex, more diverse, and more profound.” It is always the case that there will be challenges on both sides and the important thing is how we deal with them.” Trump is preparing to return to the White House for his second term. Recently his call for reciprocating tariffs in response to “high duties” imposed by New Delhi on imports of some American products has attracted considerable attention. The outgoing Biden administration has said that it hopes that India-US relations will remain strong even after the transfer of power in January. (Language)
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