Sumitra Mahajan hosts farewell dinner for outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner for outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari
)
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner for outgoing Vice-President Hamid Ansari. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet colleagues, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar were present for the dinner. PTI
Mahajan presented a painting for Ansari, and gifted a memento to his wife Salma. Twitter/@narendramodi
Ansari was the 12th Vice-President of the country and chairman of the Rajya Sabha. He will demit office on 10 August. Twitter/@S_MahajanLS
Senior BJP leader and former Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu is pitted against united opposition nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the election to the office of the next Vice-President, which will be held on 5 August. PTI