India, Sept. 2 -- Sharing a moment in lighter vein with the audience on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked them at Semicon India 2025 if they were clapping about his return to India or because he flew out for his recent Japan and China visit.

PM Modi was delivering an address at the at Semicon India 2025 in Delhi, where he was presented the first made-in-India semiconductor chip.

As PM Modi began his address noting that he returned to India on Monday night after concluding his Japan and China visit, the audience gave him a huge round of applause.

PM Modi then quipped, "Gaya tha iski taali baja rahe ho ki aaya hu iss liye taali baja rahe ho [You're clapping because i went or because I returned], leaving the audience in splits....