Thanking the UK Parliament speaker for opening the doors to him, Modi left the house cracking as he said, "I know that the Parliament is not in Session. Prime Minister Cameron looks relaxed and relieved".
He went on to remind Prime Minister Cameron the slogan - "Phir ek baar, Cameron Sarkar' - used by him in the British elections earlier this year.
Modi said that there are many things on which it is hard to tell anymore if they are British or Indian.
"The Jaguar or the Scotland Yard, for example. The Brooke Bond tea or my friend late Lord Ghulam Nun's curry," he said.
The Prime Minister said the strongest debates are whether the Lord's pitch swings unfairly or the wicket at Eden Gardens cracks too early.
"And, we love the Bhangra rap from London just as you like the English novel from India," he said.
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