Noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who is among four persons nominated to Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, on Sunday said that PM Modi called him to inform and spoke in Marathi, reported the PTI.

"Modi ji speaks excellent Marathi. He begins some of his speeches in Maharashtra in Marathi and then switches to Hindi," Nikam told reporters, according to the PTI.

"When I received his call at 8.44 pm on Saturday and the operator connected me to him, the PM said, `Ujjwal ji mi Marathit bolu ka Hindi bolu (should I speak in Marathi or Hindi)`," Ujjwal Nikam said, as per the PTI.