Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint meeting of the United States (US) Congress on June 8, 2016 during his visit to the US.
He was invited by President Barack Obama for a bilateral visit during the fourth nuclear summit.
It was announced by the Speaker of the US House of Representative Paul Ryan.
PM Narendra Modi will be the fifth Indian Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, and the first since 2005.
Earlier, Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi (July 13, 1985), P V Narasimha Rao (May 18, 1994), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (September 14, 2000) and Manmohan Singh (July 19, 2005) had addressed the joint meeting of the US Congress.
United States Congress :
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses:
- the Senate and
- the House of Representatives.
- The Congress meets in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a gubernatorial appointment.
- Members are usually affiliated to the Republican Party or to the Democratic Party, and only rarely to a third-party or as independents.
- Congress has 535 voting members: 435 Representatives and 100 Senators.
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