The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday hosted its annual Diwali get-together for mediapersons. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah, some Union ministers and BJP spokespersons attended the event, as did hundreds of journalists.
As the Prime Minister entered the pavilion erected for the event at the BJP’s national headquarters on New Delhi’s Ashoka Road, Union ministers and party leaders queued up to welcome him with a red rose and a book in hand.
In June, the PM had urged people to “give a book instead of a bouquet as a greeting” and had said there is no joy greater
