new delhi prime minister narendra modi addressed a joint session of the us congress on thursday becoming only the third world leader ever to make such an address twice pm modi earlier addressed the us congress in 2016 during the barack obama administrationalso see modi in us livethe invitation reflects the significance given by us president joe biden to indiaus relationship and his friendship with pm modiread alsono discrimination pm modi pushes back at question on minoritiesprime minister narendra modi pushed back strongly at attributed criticism over his governments purported restrictions on free speech and treatment of minorities asserting that india lives and breathes democracy and there is no question of any official discrimination over religion caste creed orbiden rolls out red carpet for pm modi usindia friendship for global goodindia and us on thursday pledged to work together for global good effusively firming up an already strong partnership with resounding expressions of mutual respect and solidarity despite not being formal treaty alliesthe challenges and opportunities facing the world in this century require thatpm modis address to joint session of us congress elicits multiple standing ovationswashington prime minister narendra modis nearly hourlong address to the us congress evoked multiple standing ovations applauses and cheers from american lawmakers and chants of modi modi from members of the diaspora community sitting in the grand house chamber at the us capitol here alsopm modis address to joint session of the us congress full textnew delhi prime minister narendra modi addressed a joint session of the us congress on thursday becoming only the third world leader ever to make such an address twice pm modi earlier addressed the us congress in 2016 during the barack obama administration also see pm modi us visit liveus senate majority leader chuck schumer and speaker of the house of representatives kevin mccarthy welcomed pm modi to capitol hill where he received a standing ovation from the lawmakersa total of 15 standing ovations and 79 applauses marked pm modis address to the joint session of the us congresshere are the key points and top quotes from pm modis address to congressit is always a great honour to address the us congress it is an exceptional privilege to do so twice for this honour i extend my deepest gratitude to the 14 billion people of indiai see that nearly half of you were here in 2016 i can also see the enthusiasm of the old friends and the new friends in the other halfa lot has changed since i came here seven summers ago but a lot has remained the same like our commitment to deepen the friendship between india and usnow when our era is at crossroads i am here to speak about our calling for this centurypast few years there have been many advances in the ai artificial intelligence at the same time there have been even more momentous development in another ai america and indiatogether we shall demonstrate that democracies matter and democracies deliverour trusted