Tricolour-waving MPs greet PM Modi at ‘Mangal Milan’, raise slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’

NDA MPs on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) 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.

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The meeting, ‘Mangal Milan’, was attended by ministers, NDA leaders and MPs belonging to the coalition’s constituent parties.

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.

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 parties — H.D. Kumaraswamy (JD-S), Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP), Ramdas Bandu Athawale (RPI-A), Praful Patel (NCP), Upendra Kushwaha (RLM), Satabdi Roy (NCPI), besides others attended it.

The NDA parliamentary meeting is held on every Tuesday when the Parliament is in session.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which began on July 20, is set to conclude on August 13.

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.