Siddaramaiah Meets Rahul Gandhi, PM, Union Ministers On Birthday

This wasChief Minister Siddaramaiah's first meeting with the prime minister since becoming the chief minister of Karnataka in May.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met several Union ministers, including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

It also happened to be Mr Siddaramaiah's 76th birthday and he had a busy day meeting the prime minister and Union ministers besides Congress leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.

Mr Siddaramaiah met Modi in the Parliament Complex though it was not known what was discussed in the meeting. The chief minister said it was just a courtesy call.