PM Modi said this event will be biggest: Donald Trump before leaving for India

New Delhi : The US President Donald Trump left for two-day visit to India with an upbeat remark and said he was told by his "friend", Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that his visit would be the "biggest event" India ever had.

Along with the US President Donald Trump, first Lady Melania Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner will also be arriving to India.

"I look forward to being with the people of India, we will be with millions and millions of people. I get along very well with PM, he is a friend of mine. PM told me this will be the biggest event they have ever had," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Ivanka Trump, who visited India for the Global Entrepreneurial Summit in 2018, tweeted, "Two years after joining @narendramodi at the Global Entrepreneurial Summit in Hyderabad, I am honored to return to India with @POTUS and @FLOTUS to celebrate that the grand friendship between the world's two largest democracies has never been stronger!"

PM Modi, too, had tweeted about the visit, sharing a video tweeted by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

"India looks forward to welcoming  @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. It is an honour that he will be with us tomorrow, starting with the historic programme in Ahmedabad," his tweet read.

This will be the first time when Donald Trump will be visiting India.