However, the "main holdout was India", Rhodes said as he gave an insight into the strategy adopted by Obama to win Modi. Modi told Obama he has 300 million people without electricity. "I remember a never seen Obama do this," Rhodes said, adding that he generally used to avoid bringing up his race with other leaders.Quoting Obama, Rhodes said the then US president told Modi, "Look, you know, I get it. Rhodes claimed Obama told Modi that the US will help India to set up solar power plants so that people can get energy faster. He also informed Modi about the big solar initiatives that the US was going to launch with Bill Gates in Paris.

Source: dna May 07, 2019 11:48 UTC