Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked across the aisle to greet Opposition members after congratulating Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting her fourth successive Union Budget.
Modi was seen interacting with Trinamool Congress leaders Sudeep Bandyopadhyay and Saugata Roy in the Well of the House, after Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day.
Roy said he asked the Prime Minister to recall West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar, who is involved in a public spat with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Modi was also seen engrossed in a chat with Congress members Kodikunnil Suresh from Kerala and Francisco Sardinha from Goa. Sardinha said the Prime Minister was inquiring about the Goa Liberation Day function held in December, where he was among the few attendees from the Congress.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had walked out of the Lok Sabha soon after the presentation of the Budget.
The Prime Minister also greeted Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and was seen shaking hands with former Telecom Minister A Raja.
He also seen exchanging greetings with former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, DMK member Dayanidhi Maran and RSP member N K Premachandran.
YSRCP member Krishna Devarayulu Lavu, Independent member Navneet Rana too were seen greeting Modi.
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Published 01 February 2022, 11:25 IST