Trump brings the novelty factor to India, but this is still the Modi show

Analysis: The US president can claim to have addressed 125,000 ‘fans’ in his greatest ever political rally on Monday – but is he really that popular in India? Adam Withnall reports from Ahmedabad

Protesters in Kolkata burn an effigy of Donald Trump as they demonstrate against his visit (EPA)

Donald Trump joked before coming here to India that the trip might spoil American political rallies for him.

His logic was that after addressing 125,000 people in a brand new, state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, having 45,000 or so supporters turn out in New Hampshire would pale by comparison.

He might as well not have worried. For while it is true that the US president is unlikely to draw such large audiences in his home country, he is also unlikely to be subjected to the mass walkout he experienced in India.