New Delhi, 28 July (H.S.): The weekly ‘Mangal Milan’ meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party was held on Tuesday at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament complex. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and several other senior NDA leaders attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gave a presentation on the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) signed by India with various countries. However, Prime Minister Modi did not address the gathering on this occasion.

According to sources, the meeting highlighted the economic and trade benefits India would gain from these free trade agreements, and a resolution was also presented during the session.

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lallan Singh’ also delivered a presentation on the schemes, achievements, and initiatives undertaken by the Department of Fisheries.

After the meeting, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari told the media that lawmakers were briefed about free trade agreements. He said that until 2013-14, India faced high tariff barriers, but today developed countries across the world are engaging in trade with India under free trade agreements.

He added that MPs were also informed about the upcoming education-related legislation and were urged to actively participate in the discussion on the bill.

The newly formed Nationalist Citizens Party of India was invited to the meeting for the first time as a special invitee. The party comprises 20 MPs who had broken away from opposition groups.

Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, along with several NDA MPs and leaders, were present at the meeting.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar