Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda on Sunday lauded the contributions of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 125th birth anniversary and said that it was due to the efforts of the Jan Sangh founder that West Bengal and Northeast remained a part of India.
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday officially announced his candidacy for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections while addressing a gathering in Saran.
Onboard a Shikara, Union Minister Piyush Goyal told ANI, "Even my Shikara's name is Peace of Heaven. The peace I experience when I come to Dal Lake takes me back to my school days. I haven't forgotten my childhood memories. God has given a heaven to the country."
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met trade and commerce delegations in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday. Goyal also lauded the public for their support during Operation Sindoor.
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday described Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee as an "ardent" nationalist leader and noted that the tricolour is now "flying high" in Kashmir.
"He sacrificed himself for Kashmir, raising the slogan 'Ek desh mein do Vidhan, do Pradhan aur Do Nishan nahi chalenge'. The entire credit for West Bengal being a part of our nation today goes to Syama Prasad and Swami Pranavananda..." the Union Minister said.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta flagged off Ayushman Bharat registration vans in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday.
Lok Sabha Speaker and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Om Birla paid floral tributes at the portrait of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Samvidhan Sadan on his Birth Anniversary on Sunday.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, speaking at the 90th birthday celebrations of the 14th Dalai Lama at Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, praised the spiritual leader's global influence.
Addressing the event celebrating the Dalai Lama's birthday here, the Union Minister said that a multi-disciplinary centre (Dalai Lama Centre) based on the Nalanda tradition is being built in Bihar's Bodh Gaya to promote the fusion of Tibetan and Indian ancient wisdom.
The 14th Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations began in Dharamshala, with Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Rajiv Ranjan Singh, as well as Hollywood actor Richard Gere, joining in the singing of the Tibetan and Indian national anthems at Tsuglagkhang temple to honour the spiritual leader
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendraa Sachdeva, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other party leaders on Sunday paid floral tribute to Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Jana Sangh, on the occasion of his birth anniversary.