NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's fondness for hugging international leaders seems to have rubbed off on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as well.The Congress chief — who has in the past taken several digs at the Prime Minister for hugging international leaders — today left everyone stunned with his hug to the Prime Minister.Immediately after completing his speech in Lok Sabha during debate on the no-confidence motion, the Congress president walked across the Well of the House and gave a warm hug to the Prime Minister.In October last year, Rahul jeered at the Prime Minister asking him to "give more hugs" to Donald Trump after the US President tweeted that he was working on bettering ties with Pakistan.A month later, Rahul, pointing at the release of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, once again mocked the Prime Minister, saying that his foreign policy is in tatters and it appears he needs to "give more hugs". " Hugplomacy fail," he had tweeted.Today, it appeared that the Congress chief was taking a cue from the Prime Minister whom he himself had mocked on several occasions in the past for his "hugplomacy".Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often made headlines in both the national as well as international media for his love for hugging heads of various states and international dignitaries.In 2014, within months of taking over as the Prime Minister of India, Modi travelled to Japan. His photograph of giving a bear hug to the Japanese premiere was flashed on not only Indian news channels but also in Japan.That was not the last time Prime Minister Narendra Modi made headlines for his warm bear hugs.In January 2015, former President of France, Francois Hollande, was greeted by the Prime Minister with a hug at the famous tourist spot Rock Garden in Chandigarh.In September 2015, CEO Zuckerberg, 31, welcomed PM Narendra Modi at Facebook's offices in Menlo Park, California.In June 2017, French president Emmanuel Macron greeted PM Narendra Modi at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France.Even US President Donald Trump got a taste of PM Modi's hug when the latter visited the US president in Washington.