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Narendra Modi to host Diwali Milan for NDA MPs on Sunday

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 24, Oct 2014, 13:02 pm IST | UPDATED: 24, Oct 2014, 13:02 pm IST

Narendra Modi to host Diwali Milan for NDA MPs on Sunday New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited all the MPs of the National Democratic Alliance for a Diwali Milan in New Delhi on Sunday, a day the BJP is also expected to announce its chief minister for Maharashtra.

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, which is yet to decide on joining the government in Maharashtra, is a constituent of the NDA with one minister, Anant Geete, in Modi's council of ministers.

The invitation has been sent to all leaders of the parties in the NDA coalition. It is not yet known if Thackeray will attend.

Sources said BJP chief Amit Shah and other prominent office bearers of the party are also expected to attend the event, scheduled to start at 4 pm on Monday.

PM Modi, who was on a goodwill trip to flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir on Diwali, is also expected to speak at the event.