New Delhi, May 26 -- : Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued to receive congratulatory messages on Saturday from leaders across the world for the sweeping victory of BJP-led NDA in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

These included telephone calls from Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, United States President Donald Trump, and Former Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.

Warmly felicitating the Indian Prime Minister, Sirisena noted the enhanced engagements between the two neighbours and expressed his desire to further deepen the ties between the two countries. Modi thanked Sirisena and expressed his readiness to work even more closely for the benefit of the peopl...