A day after an informal summit with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping on the seaside town of Mamallapuram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted from his personal account that he took a ‘refreshing walk’ along the scenic coast, and ‘plogged’ his way along. ‘Plogging’ is jogging while picking up trash along the way.
Taking to twitter, he posted images of him walking along the beach, and wrote, “Refreshing walk and exercises in Mamallapuram, along the scenic coast.”
Refreshing walk and exercises in Mamallapuram, along the scenic coast. pic.twitter.com/UjUq8FbVAv
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 12, 2019
In yet another tweet, he said that he plogged on the beaches of Mamallapuram for about 30 minutes, and he handed over the collection to hotel staff Jeyaraj. PM Modi is staying at the Taj Fisherman’s Cove Resort and Spa, which has a private access to the beach.
Watch video of Modi plogging on the beach:
Plogging at a beach in Mamallapuram this morning. It lasted for over 30 minutes.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 12, 2019
Also handed over my ‘collection’ to Jeyaraj, who is a part of the hotel staff.
Let us ensure our public places are clean and tidy!
Let us also ensure we remain fit and healthy. pic.twitter.com/qBHLTxtM9y
On Friday, a one-on-one tete-a-tete between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping over dinner on Friday lasted for two-and-a-half hours, well beyond the planned time, and was "very open and cordial", holding promise of several Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) emerging out of the second informal summit between the two sides.
The two leaders spent "five hours of quality time" together, and most of it was on one-on-one conversation, except during the time they watched the cultural programme, said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
It is "a dialogue, a conversation in progress", that would resume on Saturday morning between the two sides, he said.
The two leaders had a detailed discussion on their national visions, and governance priorities. Modi explained that he had received a renewed mandate for economic development, and Xi acknowledged the mandate, saying he looked forward to working with Modi "very closely on all issues for the next 4.5 years", Gokhale said.