New Delhi: A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's met his predecessor Manmohan Singh for a lesson in economics, the PMO has said that the meeting was merely a courtesy call.
Sources in the Prime Minister's office claim that the invitation for the meeting was extended to several former prime ministers. The invitation was also extended to former PM HD Deve Gowda. However, sources close to Deve Gowda claimed that he could not attend the meeting as he was in Bengaluru.
PM's Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra had also called up Deve Gowda and invited him to meet Modi whenever he is free.
While addressing the national convention of the Congress's students wing, National Students Union of India on Thursday, Rahul had said, "Our former PM Manmohan Singh criticised the health of the economy in the morning and by evening Modi took "lessons" from him."
Modi met former prime minister Manmohan Singh at 7 Race Course Road on May 27, a day after his government completed one year in office.
The Bharatiya Janata party was quick to hit back at Rahul and said his remarks were very immature. BJP spokesperson GVL Narsimha said, "Narendra Modi met Manmohan Singh with great respect and grace, he showed his courtesy. Rahul has lack of maturity in politics. He should not be speculating and make such statements on a former PM meeting a current one. It's a very immature and inexperienced statement."
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