Hindus in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday after the Republican candidate and former president won the U.S. presidential election, Reuters reports.
Volunteers at a local non-profit organization in Varanasi celebrated Trump’s victory with posters and sparklers praising his friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In Democrat Kamala Harris’ ancestral village however, one U.S. citizen said she was disappointed, speaking in Thulasendrapuram.
India’s Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran, said he expects “policy continuity” with the United States after the election.
Nageswaran said he expects economic relations with U.S. also to remain steady.
In September, Trump called India a “very big abuser” of the trade relationship between the two countries, but softened the blow by saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “fantastic.”
Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration rolled out the red carpet for Modi in June last year, touting deals in defense and commerce.
