Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called on President Pratibha Patil and the two leaders reviewed recent developments against the backdrop of the United Progressive Alliance government-Left stand-off over the nuclear deal issue.
After the 40-minute meeting, a Rashtrapathi Bhavan spokesperson said they reviewed the recent developments, but did not elaborate.
As a step towards addressing the Left concerns over the Indo-US nuclear deal, an institutional mechanism at the political level had been proposed.
The serial blasts in Hyderabad, which claimed 40 lives, is also said to have discussed in the meeting.
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