Political opponents come together at President’s At Home

NEW DELHI: Rains played spoilsport and forced the shifting of 'At Home' function hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.
The venue, which was to be the Mughal Gardens, had to be moved indoors to the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Ashoka Hall where a large number of dignitaries including Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were hosted.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, BJP patriarch LK Advani, BJP president Amit Shah and cabinet ministers also attended the President’s ‘At Home’.
After a Parliament session in which 25 Congress MPs were suspended by the Speaker, Gandhi and Mahajan were seen holding each other's hands and having a word with a smile on their faces.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (right) with Delhi LG Najeeb Jung at President's At Home in Rashtrapati Bhavan. (PTI photo)
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has crossed swords with lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, exchanged pleasantries with him in the ceremonial high-domed chamber. The two were seen having a good laugh in the company of Azad, minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh and telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
President Mukherjee moved out of Ashoka Hall and mixed with the crowd in the adjacent banquet hall.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur were also present at the function.