PM Modi meets President Murmu
Details of the meeting were not immediately available.
'Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan,' the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on X.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of the logjam in Parliament over the Opposition demand for a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar ahead of the Assembly elections in the State.
Except discussions in both Houses on Operation Sindoor, Parliament has seen little business ever since the Monsoon session began on July 21, 2025.
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The Prime Minister's meeting with the President also came days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on exports from India and an unspecified penalty because of New Delhi's purchases of Russian military equipment and oil.
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