Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Sonia Gandhi attend President's Iftar

NEW DELHI: Vice President Hamid Ansari, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other prominent political personalities including Congress President Sonia Gandhi attended the ' Iftar' hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee this evening.

As indicated earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not attend the get together at the Rashtrapati Bhawan like last year. The PMO had yesterday said that Modi had scheduled a meeting with chief ministers of north eastern states today evening.

Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, NCP President Sharad Pawar, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, TMC MP Derek O Brien, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit and diplomats from several other Islamic countries attended the reception.