Subramanian Swamy advises inviting Trump for Republic Day; 'don't fawn over Biden-Harris'

Senior BJP leer and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said that it will be good if PM Narendra Modi also tweets to Donald Trump as he till President till January next year and thank for being "such a good friend" of India. Dr Swamy also suggested that PM Modi should invite Trump to come to India as a special guest during Republic Day Pare and Beating Retreat ceremony. 

'Thank him for being such a good friend of India'

Subramanian Swamy's comments came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Democrat Joe Biden for his win over Republican US President Donald Trump in a close presidential election and ted his "critical and invaluable" contribution to strengning India-US relations as Vice President.

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PM Modi, in his tweets, also congratulated vice president-elect Kamala Harris for her win and said her success was pathbreaking and a matter of immense pride for all Indian-Americans. Biden on Saturday defeated incumbent US President Donald Trump in closely-fought presidential election.

77-year-old former US Vice President will become 46th President of United States, CNN reported, after a victory in Pennsylvania, state where he was born put him over 270 electoral votes needed to win. Biden h served as vice president when Barack Obama was country's President.

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Meanwhile, Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his allegations of electoral fraud by claiming without evidence that voting machines were "corrupt" and termed it a "stolen election". Trump has repeatedly attempted to question validity of vote counts in key swing states and me unfounded claims that election is being "stolen" from him.

States are yet to certify votes. In American presidential electoral system, it is media which tritionally calls on election, which is followed by a formal official anuncement of results. media's call is based on voting trends and past history. Unlike in past, Trump has t conceded election so far, asserting that officially certified vote count has t been anunced yet.

Trump was playing golf on Saturday when major US news networks anunced that he h lost US election to his Democratic rival Biden.

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(With PTI inputs)