Prime minister Manmohan Singh, vice-president Hamid Ansari, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union cabinet ministers and leaders of various political parties today attended the 'At Home' hosted by president Pratibha Patil on the occasion of Independence Day.
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and LoP in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley were among the senior leaders present on the occasion. D Raja was the prominent Left leader to be present at the function.
A number of diplomats, including US ambassador Timothy Roemer and Pakistan high commissioner Shahid Malik were also there.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, defence minister AK Antony, power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, external affairs minister SM Krishna, minister of state for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan were among some of the Union ministers who attended. Delhi Lt governor Tejindra Khanna was also present.
Anticipating rains, the venue of the function was shifted indoors from the originally scheduled Rashtrapati Bhavan lawns.
