"Entirely yes...I am open to meeting all elected leaders anyway," Cameron told CNN-IBN news channel when asked if he was open to meeting Modi.

No meeting with Modi is scheduled during the day long visit of Cameron, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the morning and then flew to Kolkata where he will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the evening. He stopped over in India before flying to Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth summit.