Highlights 1 Obama said he had "privately" told PM Modi a country shouldn't be divided on sectarian lines. 2 In a democracy, the most important office was not the office of the President or a PM: Obama. 3 Obama, set to meet PM Modi later today, was speaking at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. "A country shouldn't be divided on sectarian lines and that is something I have told Prime Minister Modi in person as well as to people in America... People see the differences between each other much too vividly and miss the commonalities. Asked how Modi responded to his private message on religious tolerance, Obama dodged a straight reply, saying his goal was not to disclose his private conversations.

Source: India Today December 01, 2017 08:15 UTC