DHAKA: Delhi chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met PM Narendra Modi and invited him for the swearing-in ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan on February 14.

However, the prime minister expressed his inability as he would be out of the city on that day, reports The Times of India.

Arvind Kejriwal was accompanied by Manish Sisodia for his meeting with the premier.

Talking to reporters after Arvind Kerjiwal’s meeting with Modi, Manish Sisodia said that they had a good talk with the PM.

It was a ‘chai pe charcha’ on full statehood for Delhi, Sisodia said about Kejriwal-Modi meeting.

The PM assured us that he would think over AAP’s demand to grant Delhi full statehood, Sisodia added.

Earlier, in an audio message released on Thursday morning, Arvind Kerjiwal also invited Delhiites to come to Ramlila Maidan and attend his oath-taking ceremony.

Kejriwal and his close aide Manish Sisodia had raised the issue of full statehood for Delhi at their first meeting with Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday.

Kejriwal had also met President Pranab Mukherjee and Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday.

BDST: 1519 HRS, FEB 12, 2015