Chetan Bhagat’s selfie with Narendra Modi

Chetan Bhagat met Bharatiya Janata Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday evening.

Zee Media Bureau/ Gayatri Sankar

Mumbai: Acclaimed author Chetan Bhagat, who has been quite vocal about his political inclination on social media, met Bharatiya Janata Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday evening. Bhagat made the rendezvous memorable by grabbing a selfie with Modi and tweeting about the same on the micro blogging site. He wrote,

Met #namo. You know a leader has the youth pulse when he can discuss job creation and is still up for a selfie! pic.twitter.com/mat6YThd26

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 21, 2014

Even Modi shared the same picture Tuesday on Twitter and wished the author a very happy birthday.

Dear @chetan_bhagat, many many happy returns of the day! Sharing the selfie you took last evening pic.twitter.com/JEhky8lOWJ— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 22, 2014

Bhagat thanked the Minister for the birthday wishes and tweeted the following:

. @narendramodi thank u sir. wish u all the best for May 16th. opinion polls suggest 300 is not impossible!— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 22, 2014

He added:

When the front-running PM candidate of the world's biggest democracy remembers your birthday and posts a selfie, have to say, it feels nice— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 22, 2014

Here’s wishing Chetan Bhagat a very happy birthday and we are sure, the selfie with Narendra Modi is nothing short of a birthday gift for him.