US President Trump will also join PM Modi's 'Howdy, Modi!' mega diaspora event in the US | Photo from India House Houston website

City of Houston in Texas, United Sates (US) is gearing up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Howdy, Modi!' mega diaspora event on September 22. Huge billboards were seen put up in Houston on Wednesday.

Text on one billboard in Houston read, "India House Houston welcomes Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi." Another one read, "India is Houston's fourth largest trading partner. Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston welcomes Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi."

Houston is ready to welcome PM @narendramodi. Huge billboards welcome the PM to H-town! #HowdyModi pic.twitter.com/ISSgGdthjH Texas India Forum (@howdymodi) September 18, 2019

More than 50,000 Indian-Americans from across the US have registered for the September 22 'Howdy, Modi! Shared Dreams, Bright Futures' event to be held at the sprawling NRG Stadium in Houston.

US President Donald Trump will also join Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Howdy, Modi!' mega diaspora event in the United States.

Earlier in the day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the state of the economy in India, saying it seems that it is not too good. "'Howdy' economy doin', Mr Modi? Ain't too good it seems," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter, using the hashtag "HowdyEconomy".

On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "special gesture" of US President Donald Trump to join the Indian community programme in Houston signifies special friendship between the two countries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought ideas from the people for his September 22 speech at Houston in the US.

"Share your ideas for my address. I would refer to some of them during my remarks," PM Modi tweeted.

There is great enthusiasm towards the #HowdyModi programme in Houston on 22nd. For my speech that day, I want to hear from you.



Share your ideas for my address. I would refer to some of them during my remarks.



Express your thoughts on the special Open Forum on the NaMo App. pic.twitter.com/IgH97MQBDc Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 16, 2019

PM Modi urged the people to express their thoughts on the special open forum on the NaMo application.

Referring to the decision of US President Donald Trump to attend the 'Howdy Modi' event, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said, "I regard this as a great achievement of the Indo-US community."