Diwali politics: Union ministers are busy hosting get-togethers

With the festival of Diwali a day away, Union ministers are busy hosting get-togethers. Many in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were left battling their nerves on Monday afternoon when senior party leader Murli Manohar Joshi (pictured) invited journalists for a Diwali gathering. Joshi heads the Estimates Committee of Parliament, which had been asking the Narendra Modi government some tough questions on India’s lack of defence preparedness and non-performing assets of banks. As Joshi hosted his guests at his residence, the BJP sent out a message that there would be a media briefing by some of the senior-most ministers of