After war of words, Narendra Modi tweets photograph with ex-PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi: Hours after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacked the Centre saying it was "harping" on corruption to divert people's attention to non-issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a photograph with the ex-PM on Wednesday evening.

“Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR. We had a great meeting,” he tweeted.

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Earlier in the day, Singh said that institutions of democracy are under threat and the entire edifice of the welfare state is now being dismantled in the guise of promoting faster economic growth.

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"As far as I am concerned, I can say in all humility that I have not used my public office to enrich myself, to enrich my family or my friends. And still the BJP government keeps on harping on this theme of corruption because it wants to distract the attention of the people to non-issues," he said in a hard-hitting speech at an event.

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Asserting that many of UPA's programmes were being repackaged and marketed as initiatives of the BJP government, Singh said, "What the BJP had opposed when we were in power are now being sold as its contribution".

"The past is continuously being rewritten to promote a highly biased and communal view. Dissent is being suppressed," Singh said. "Institutions of democracy are under threat. The entire edifice of the welfare state is now being dismantled in the guise of promoting faster economic growth, whereas they are two sides of the same coin," he said.

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Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR. We had a great meeting. pic.twitter.com/GlpfqKByoS

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 27, 2015