Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
However, no details were disclosed about the meeting.
In a post on X, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.” The Rashtrapati Bhavan also shared photos of the meeting on the post on X.
The meeting comes days after both Houses of Parliament witnessed heated exchanges and adjournments during the initial days of the Monsoon Session over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar.
The INDIA bloc has been consistently protesting against the SIR drive, alleging it was being used selectively and disproportionately, potentially leading to large-scale voter list deletions. The Election Commission has defended the drive, stating it aims to ensure accurate and updated voter rolls.
PM Modi’s meeting with President Murmu was also days after US President Donald Trump’s decision to slap a 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports and calling India’s economy “dead”.
Last week, Trump announced imposing 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods and an unspecified penalty over purchases from Russia, starting August 1. “India will be paying a tariff of 25 per cent” starting on August 1, Trump posted on Truth Social. He said India would also face an additional tariff penalty for buying Russian energy.
On Saturday, PM Modi visited Varanasi, where he released the 20th instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, transferring an amount of more than Rs 20,500 crores into the bank accounts of 9.7 crore farmers. With this release, the total disbursement under the scheme since its inception has surpassed Rs 3.90 lakh crore.
The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers. Under the scheme, a financial benefit of Rs 6,000 per year is transferred in three equal instalments into the Aadhaar-linked bank accounts of farmers through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.
He also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated multiple development projects worth around Rs 2,200 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.