India, June 21 -- In his public statement after returning from 5-day abroad schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he had declined an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit Washington, and instead chosen to come to Odisha, the sacred land of Lord Jagannath. This was also Modi's first statement on the matter after media reported the telephonic talk of Trump and PM Modi.
"I was in Canada for the G7 Summit when US President Trump had called me and invited me to Washington for a discussion and lunch. I thanked him for the invitation, saying I have to visit Odisha, the land of Lord Jagannath. I humbly rejected his invitation," Modi addressing a rally in Bhubaneswar.
The Prime Minister was in Odisha to participate in ...