Declined Trump's invitation to visit land of Lord Jagannath: PM Modi

During his speech in Bhubaneswar on Friday, PM
Narendra Modi
revealed he had declined an invitation from US President Donald
Trump
to visit Washington on his way back from Canada after the G7 summit as visiting the land of Lord Jagannath was more important to him.
"Two days back I was in Canada for the G7 summit when US President Trump called me. He said you have come to Canada, go back via Washington. We can have dinner and talk. He gave a sincere invitation. I told the the President, thank you for your invitation. It is very important for me to go to the land of Mahaprabhu. Hence, I politely declined his invitation,"
Modi
said.

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