New Delhi: NCP president Sharad Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and both the leaders held talks on a number of issues including the Banking Amendments Act and the cooperative sector in a nearly hour-long meeting. In a tweet, Pawar said, "Met the Hon'ble Prime Minister of our country Narendra Modi. Later, Pawar tweeted a letter he wrote to the prime minister about the amendment in the Banking Act. NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said that AICC general secretary H K Patil was told about this scheduled meeting when he and other Congress leaders met Pawar in Mumbai recently. Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal had met Pawar on Friday.

Source: Mint July 17, 2021 13:30 UTC