Modi talks to former presidents, PMs; and opposition leaders
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New Delhi: PM Modi on Sunday talked to former presidents and prime ministers including Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, and Manmohan Singh by phone while the nation fights COVID-19 outbreak.
He also had conversation with Congress Interim president Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee, Naveen Patnaik, MK Stalin, Akhilesh Yadav and K Chandrashekar Rao.
Modi may well meet floor leaders of all political parties in Parliament on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the prime minister also reached out to several world leaders including Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and US President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Trump had reportedly requested Modi to supply anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine tablets, to treat Covid-19 patients in the US. India has banned export of the medicine.