New Delhi: The NDA MPs and Union ministers on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by waving the tricolour and raising slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ when he entered the venue of the ruling coalition’s weekly parliamentary party meeting at the Parliament House complex.
The meeting, ‘Mangal Milan’, was attended by ministers, NDA leaders, and MPs belonging to the coalition’s constituent parties.
The meeting also saw a presentation by Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Paatil on different aspects of the Jal Shakti ministry, which is responsible for laying down policy guidelines and programmes for the development, conservation and management of water as a national resource.
The ministry is also responsible for an overall national perspective of water planning and coordination in relation to diverse uses of water.
As soon as the prime minister entered the venue – the GMC Balayogi Auditorium – at the Parliament Library, the ministers and MPs greeted him by waving the national flag and raising ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogans.
PM Modi reciprocated the gesture by himself holding a national flag and waving towards the members present.
Those who attended the meeting included BJP president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, S Jaishankar among others.
Ministers belonging to NDA constituent parties - HD Kumaraswamy (JD-S), Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP), Ramdas Bandu Athawale (RSP-A), leaders Praful Patel (NCP), Upendra Kushwaha (RLM), Satabdi Roy (NCPI), besides others attended it.
The NDA parliamentary party meeting is held on every Tuesday when Parliament is in session.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which began on July 20, is set to conclude on August 13.
Soon after the meeting, the NDA MPs staged a protest outside Parliament’s main gate, ‘Makar Dwar’, where they came face-to-face with opposition INDIA bloc MPs, who staged another protest.
While the ruling alliance members protested and raised slogans over “brutal” police action on job aspirants in Jharkhand and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi allegedly “running away” from a debate on student protests in different parts of the country, the opposition block protested over the issues surrounding the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and demanded accountability from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over alleged police excesses during the July 20 student protests over paper leaks.
The session, which started on July 20, has seen repeated adjournments and virtually no business except the debate on two Bills, including The Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, which was passed by Parliament.
Four more Bills were passed by the two Houses with little or no debate and three other Bills were passed by the Lok Sabha, amid unrelenting protests by the opposition.
The opposition parties initially protested over the NEET paper leak and alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
They later pressed for a discussion on the police action against students protesting over the NEET paper leak and also demanded the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the home minister and their statements.
