<p>Hours after slamming the NDA government, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two discussed issues related to the economy and foreign policy.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh, a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, went to the 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister to meet him.<br /><br />"Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR. We had a great meeting," Modi tweeted later along with their photographs.<br /><br />In a statement, Singh's office said the former Prime Minister met Modi at the latter's "invitation" and "they discussed the economic situation in the country and foreign policy issues."<br /><br />Sources close to Singh told PTI that Modi had sent a message yesterday morning, expressing desire to meet his predecessor over tea sometime in the evening yesterday. This could not fructify and the meeting was scheduled for this evening.<br /><br />Congress leader Anand Sharma also said that the meeting took place at the behest of the Prime Minister who wanted to discuss issues related to economy and foreign policy.<br />They discussed economic and foreign policy issues, he said about the meeting which took place at 6.30 PM.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Singh hit out at the Modi government saying the "very idea of India is now under systemic assault".<br /><br />In a scathing attack, Singh alleged that institutions of democracy are under threat and the entire edifice of the welfare state is being dismantled in the guise of promoting faster economic growth.<br />Asserting that India was the second fastest growing economy in the world during his tenure, the former Prime Minister said there was a "fragileness" in economic recovery under the current dispensation.</p>
<p>Hours after slamming the NDA government, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two discussed issues related to the economy and foreign policy.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh, a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, went to the 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister to meet him.<br /><br />"Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR. We had a great meeting," Modi tweeted later along with their photographs.<br /><br />In a statement, Singh's office said the former Prime Minister met Modi at the latter's "invitation" and "they discussed the economic situation in the country and foreign policy issues."<br /><br />Sources close to Singh told PTI that Modi had sent a message yesterday morning, expressing desire to meet his predecessor over tea sometime in the evening yesterday. This could not fructify and the meeting was scheduled for this evening.<br /><br />Congress leader Anand Sharma also said that the meeting took place at the behest of the Prime Minister who wanted to discuss issues related to economy and foreign policy.<br />They discussed economic and foreign policy issues, he said about the meeting which took place at 6.30 PM.<br /><br />Earlier in the day, Singh hit out at the Modi government saying the "very idea of India is now under systemic assault".<br /><br />In a scathing attack, Singh alleged that institutions of democracy are under threat and the entire edifice of the welfare state is being dismantled in the guise of promoting faster economic growth.<br />Asserting that India was the second fastest growing economy in the world during his tenure, the former Prime Minister said there was a "fragileness" in economic recovery under the current dispensation.</p>