It was a tour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday for Prime Minister
Narendra Modi who visited the Presidential palace for a maiden
one-to-one lunch with President Pranab Mukherjee and discussed issues
related to the upcoming budget session of Parliament.
This was the first luncheon meeting between the two leaders
since Modi took oath as Prime Minister on May 26 and came at a time when
the government is planning to appoint new Governors and transfer others
who had been appointed during UPA rule.
The Prime Minister was taken around Rashtrapati Bhavan by the President's Secretary Omita Paul.
The Prime Minister was taken around Rashtrapati Bhavan by the President's Secretary Omita Paul.
The Prime Minister was taken around Rashtrapati Bhavan by the President's Secretary Omita Paul.
Modi spent some time in the 'Cabinet Room' of the Palace where Paul explained to him the historical significance of the place.
The Cabinet Room, where the interim government headed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru used to meet, has huge world maps. Lord Mountbatten had his last meeting with Nehru, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, B R Ambedkar, Sardar Baldev Singh and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee before moving to Shimla for signing of the final Partition plan.
He later went to Ashoka Hall and Durbar Hall, the museum and the library before attending the lunch with the President.
Prime Minister discussed issues related to the upcoming budget session of Parliament with the President.
The luncheon meeting came ahead of the budget session beginning on July 7 and also ahead of Modi's visit to Brazil for attending the BRICS Summit later this month.
The Mukherjee-Modi meeting also assumes significance in the context of the government's nudging some Governors appointed during UPA rule to quit. Four of them have already resigned.
With PTI Inputs
The Cabinet Room, where the interim government headed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru used to meet, has huge world maps. Lord Mountbatten had his last meeting with Nehru, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, B R Ambedkar, Sardar Baldev Singh and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee before moving to Shimla for signing of the final Partition plan.
He later went to Ashoka Hall and Durbar Hall, the museum and the library before attending the lunch with the President.
Prime Minister discussed issues related to the upcoming budget session of Parliament with the President.
The luncheon meeting came ahead of the budget session beginning on July 7 and also ahead of Modi's visit to Brazil for attending the BRICS Summit later this month.
The Mukherjee-Modi meeting also assumes significance in the context of the government's nudging some Governors appointed during UPA rule to quit. Four of them have already resigned.
With PTI Inputs
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