Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on New Year, hoping that 2016 brings peace and prosperity in everybody's lives.
He met President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari to extend the greetings to them personally.
"As the year 2016 begins, my greetings & good wishes to everyone. May 2016 bring joy, peace, prosperity & good health in everyone's lives," Modi tweeted.
He drove to Rashtrapati Bhavan to greet Mukherjee. "Greeted Rashtrapati ji on New Year. We had a wonderful interaction," the prime minister tweeted later.
After meeting the Vice President, Modi tweeted, "Had a very good meeting with Shri Hamid Ansari. We exchanged New Year greetings."
Image: Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi greeting the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, on the occasion of New Year, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. Photograph: PIB
