NEW DELHI: As preparations pick up for US President Donald Trump ’s visit later this month, it is learnt that he is likely to land in Ahmedabad on February 23 where, apart from visiting Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram , he may address a town hall-like event.

The event is likely to include Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well, and might be even bigger than the ‘Howdy Modi’ function in Houston last year. The US advance team to finalise preparations are expected to arrive this week.

Trump is likely to come to Delhi that evening, beginning his official visit on February 24. It is unclear whether he will come with wife Melania or daughter Ivanka, who has already visited India, representing her father at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad in 2017.

After his official engagements, which include talks with Modi and a banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan among others, Trump may make a short trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal.

The visit will be Trump’s first to India as president, and has acquired significance since he will be coming just after a bruising impeachment trial and in an election year. The US and India are expected to conclude a limited trade deal during Trump’s visit that has been in negotiations for the past few months.

