PM Modi’s announcement – New consulate will be opened soon in Brisbane

Sydney (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a tour of Australia. The PM announced here on Tuesday that a new consulate would soon be opened in Brisbane and thanked his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese for renaming Harris Park in Sydney as ‘Little India’. PM Modi while addressing over 20,000 Indian community gathered at Kudos Bank Arena stadium said that friends, now that I am here with you, I want to make an announcement. A long standing demand of the Indian community in Brisbane will now be fulfilled by opening a new Indian Consulate soon.

PM Modi said that I also thank PM Albanese for changing the name of Harris Park in Sydney to ‘Little India’. Thank you my friend Anthony.

PM Modi tweeted and wrote, I had the opportunity to welcome the Prime Minister at the rate LBOMP ji on Indian soil in Ahmedabad. Today he was here with me to unveil the foundation stone of ‘Little India’.

PM Modi said the migrant community in the western Sydney suburb had renewed calls for their area to be officially declared as ‘Chhota Bharat’ (Little India).

Indian business owners first officially proposed naming the area Little India in 2015, believing that the title would benefit them.

According to the Australian Government website, Harris Park has a significant Indian population and is widely known as an exceptional location for Indian gastronomy and Indian-run small and medium-sized enterprises.

–IANS