PM meets Pranab to extend festive greetings

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called on former president Pranab Mukherjee here to extend Diwali greetings.

"Always a delight to meet Pranab Da. Went to his residence, exchanged Diwali greetings and wishes for the festive season," Modi tweeted.

He also posted a couple of pictures of the meeting.

Mukherjee and Modi share a warm relationship. On Mukherjee's last day in the office, the Prime Minister had written him a letter in which he had described the veteran parliamentarian as his "father figure" and mentor.