PM Modi turns emotional as he hugs Makhan Lal Sarkar during Suvendu’s oath-taking ceremony | All you need to know about Bengal’s oldest worker
Suvendu Adhikari’s Oath Ceremony: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Kolkata to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari, who took the oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal in a grand ceremony at Brigade Parade Ground. During the event, PM Modi felicitated Makhan Lal Sarkar, who is one of the most senior workers of the saffron party in West Bengal. He turned emotional while taking Sarkar’s blessings and touching his feet.
VIDEO | Kolkata | PM Modi felicitates and takes blessings of Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the senior-most BJP workers in West Bengal. He was arrested in Kashmir while accompanying Shyama Prasad Mookerjee during the movement to hoist the Indian tricolour there in 1953.
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