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For once, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were actually caught in a candid talk at a tribute event organized on parliament grounds for various invited guests and visitors on Saturday to honor the 200th birth anniversary of social reformer Jyotiba Phule.

This brief meeting took place when the senior leaders, President Droupadi Murmu; Vice President CP Radhakrishnan; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla; and Union Ministers JP Nadda and Arjun Ram Meghwal, came to the Prerna Sthal to pay tributes. We have video recordings of Modi and Rahul standing next to each other, talking in a friendly manner and with others standing around.

The video, which was published by numerous news sources such as ANI, spread rapidly on social media. The sight of the two high-profile opponents having a light moment together outside the typical hot-blooded parliament moment was surprising to netizens. The question on many minds was what it was that the duo was discussing, and people responded to it with both appeals to make political decorum and funny memes.

This surprising warm moment has elicited some talks on the subject of unity within Indian politics, as the incident brought into attention the contributions made by Phule to social justice and education. The video is still trending on sites.