Congress’s Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sonia Gandhi in the old Parliament.
New Delhi:
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who left the Congress three years ago, was seen having an animated conversation with former party president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday and sat next to her during a meeting in the Central Hall of the old Parliament building.
Mrs Gandhi was sitting with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the front row when Mr Scindia passed by and spoke to them.
He then sat next to Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur.
After some time, Mr Scindia sat down next to Mrs Gandhi as Mr Kharge and Mr Chowdhury left their seats to share the stage with Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi at the event.
Mr Scindia had quit the Congress along with 22 MLAs, leading to the fall of the Kalmal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh in 2020.
Members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha both gathered at the Central Hall to participate in the event organized to commemorate the rich legacy of Parliament.
Mr Dhankhar, Prime Minister Modi, Mr Birla, Mr Kharge, Mr Chowdhury and Mr Goyal addressed the parliamentarians at the event.
In her speech, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, who was the past minister for women and child development, said she is proud to be part of the moment when the government will give women “an equal share in India’s future.” to give. .
“I’m as surprised as you are to be here,” she said in her opening speech at the event.
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