3 years in office, President Pranab to host dinners for ministers today

July 25, 2015 09:48

A dinner for the Union ministers will be hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday to commemorate three years of his presidency.

"To mark this occasion, the President will host a dinner for the council of ministers and other dignitaries," a press release issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Friday.

Two volumes of his selected speeches and two books on Rashtrapati Bhavan will be released on the occasion by Vice President Hamid Ansari and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, it said.

The books are titled 'Abode under the Dome' and 'Right of the Line: The President's Bodyguard (1773-2015)'.

The two volumes of selected speeches of President Mukherjee contain important speeches delivered by him since assumption of office on July 25, 2012 as the 13th President.

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