Ahead of the parliament session beginning on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met President Pratibha Patil and discussed the upcoming budget session.
The meeting - the first between the two leaders after the results of the Assembly elections in five states were announced on March 6 - lasted for 30 minutes, officials said.
"The two leaders discussed about the upcoming budget session. They also discussed various other issues of national and international importance," a Rashtrapati spokesperson said in a statement here.
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