He met President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari to extend the greetings to them personally.
"As the year 2016 begins, my greetings & good wishes to everyone. May 2016 bring joy, peace, prosperity & good health in everyone's lives," Modi tweeted.
He drove to Rashtrapati Bhavan to greet Mukherjee. "Greeted Rashtrapati ji on New Year. We had a wonderful interaction," the Prime Minister tweeted later.
After meeting the Vice President, Modi tweeted, "Had a very good meeting with Shri Hamid Ansari. We exchanged New Year greetings.
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