PM Narendra Modi took chai, but no questions, on Saturday at his first staged meeting with the press since coming to power 5 months ago, underscoring the delicate relationship he has with the 4th estate.
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PM said he wanted to strengthen ties with journalists and thanked them for reporting on a ‘Clean India’ campaign he launched recently by taking a broom to a rubbish-strewn street in New Delhi.

“The prime minister cannot pick up the broom alone,” Modi told invited journalists in New Delhi. “You have turned your pen into a broom, and I think this is a huge service.”