PM Modi exchanges pleasantries with Opposition leaders in Lok Sabha

February 23, 2016 14:17

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached out to the opposition in Lok Sabha on the first day of the Budget Session by walking up to them and exchanging pleasantries.

As soon as the House adjourned for day, Modi walked up to the opposition benches greeting leaders like Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Jai Prakash Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, P Karunakaran pf the Communist Party of India-Marxist and leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.

Before the prime minister walked up to the leaders, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi had left the Lok Sabha chambers.

Earlier, Sonia and Rahul were seated on the last row in the opposition benches but later moved ahead.

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