Indian PM Narendra Modi Brings Vision Of "Toilets Before Temples" To A U.S. Audience

At the Global Citizen Festival, Modi calls on activists to get behind a plan to end open defecation and install toilets in every Indian home.

On Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood on a stage in Central Park and saluted 60,000 mostly youthful activists who had earned tickets to the Global Citizen Festival through their work against global poverty. Modi was one of the event's headliners, along with Jay-Z, Beyonce, and The Roots, all of whom had gathered to promote not just awareness of poverty but also action to fight it. Specifically, the organizers had invited him to highlight his pledge to expand sanitation in India and end open defecation, one of the keystone efforts of his government.

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