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PM Modi's 'Sam Bhai' greeting to Pitroda offers rare glimpse of personal warmth across political divide
Published: 12/11/26 10:12
New Delhi | India
New Delhi, Nov 12 (UNI) In a rare display of cordiality cutting across India's increasingly bitter political divide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda exchanged Diwali and Gujarati New Year greetings on Wednesday, with the Prime Minister addressing the senior Congress functionary affectionately as "Sam Bhai" and extending his wishes to his wife, Anjana. The exchange on social media platform X assumes particular significance as it comes amid sustained political hostilities between the BJP and the Congress and follows Pitroda's recent remarks describing Modi as a "Gujarati friend" with whom he shares a warm personal…