NRI’s Day: Sushma Swaraj Speaks on Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas

EAM Sushma Swaraj said PBD has been a festival since its inception during former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s govt.

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Speaking at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said PBD has been celebrated as a festival since its inception during former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government.

Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking community engagement and diaspora events to a new level, Swaraj said the contact with the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) in various parts of the world had deepened ever since the BJP-led government came to power.

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