Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the media from Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi.
Here are the highlights from his speech:
- The entire nation today is celebrating the honour conferred on Madan Mohan Malviya and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- AB Vajpayee has been an outstanding political leaders and. He has been a nationalist, complete product of multiparty system and parliament.
- Guidelines for methodology for auction of coal mines for power & other sectors approved by Cabinet.
- The cabinet today paid homage to victims of cowardly terror act in Assam.