Tea Meeting with PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi: A Recap

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi recently met at an informal tea gathering at the Parliament complex following the adjournment of the Lok Sabha. The meeting took place one day before the scheduled conclusion of the Budget session. The current session was initially slated to end on August 12, but Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House sine die. According to sources, Prime Minister Modi and Rahul Gandhi exchanged warm greetings with a namaste and posed for photographs.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister was seated on a sofa alongside Speaker Om Birla, while Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, occupied a chair to the right of PM Modi. Other prominent figures, including Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Chirag Paswan, and Piyush Goyal, as well as opposition MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Kanimozhi were also present, seated in close proximity to Mr. Gandhi. Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh were seated opposite the Leader of the Opposition, while a server was observed entering the room with a tray of tea as the leaders engaged in conversation. Interestingly, this meeting occurred shortly after a heated exchange between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha a few weeks ago.