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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were among a host of political leaders attending the wedding reception of Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter with Mulayam Singh Yadav's grandnephew in New Delhi on Thursday night.
Updated : May 23, 2015, 08:33 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were among a host of political leaders attending the wedding reception of Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter with Mulayam Singh Yadav's grandnephew in New Delhi on Thursday night.
Leaders cutting across party line were at the ceremony which marked the union of the country's two foremost backward leaders and regional satraps. President Pranab Mukherjee was also there. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani were among those, besides Gandhi and Modi, who blessed the couple, Raj Laxmi and Tej Pratap Yadav. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Home Minister Rajnath Singh were also there.
#UPCM @yadavakhilesh with @narendramodi @laluprasadrjd ,Mulayamji at Tej Pratap's wedding pic.twitter.com/4DPyK5KHfM
— Samajwadi Party (@SamajwadiSocial) February 26, 2015
PM @narendramodi attends wedding ceremony of Rajlaxmi and Tej Pratap Yadav @yadavteju @yadavakhilesh @laluprasadrjd pic.twitter.com/i3UKLb93QX
— Samajwadi Party (@SamajwadiSocial) February 26, 2015
Smt Sonia Gandhi and Sri M M Singh at Tej Pratap Yadav Marriage @ShashiTharoor @INCIndia @yadavakhilesh pic.twitter.com/mDepvb0tdn
— Samajwadi Party (@SamajwadiSocial) February 26, 2015
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was also there and sources said Modi had a brief chat with his ally-turned-rival. NCP President Sharad Pawar, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav apart from many Bihar and UP ministers were there. The couple's tilak ceremony on February 21 had also seen an impressive gathering, including that of Modi, in Safai, the SP President's home town.