Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi hosts Iftar party

New Delhi [India], June 13 : Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday hosted an Iftar party at his ministerial bungalow in the national capital.

Women from different sections of society- like social activists, divorcees and common housewives- attended the party.

Over 150 women attended the dinner, hosted by Naqvi.

Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Harshvardhan, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javdekar and Jitendra Singh were also present at the event, along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain and MJ Akbar.

Shaista Amber (President of All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board), with many more, attended the grand get-together.

On that note, it was Naqvi’s first Iftar party, since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-government was voted to power in May 2014.