President Pranab Mukherjee arrived on a three-day Madhya Pradesh visit here on Thursday. Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan received and welcomed the President at Raja Bhoj Airport with bouquets.
President Mukherjee reached Bhopal at 11.24 am by a special Indian Air Force aircraft. He was accompanied by Union Minister of State Narayan Sami and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri. At the airport, a contingent of 200 Army jawans presented a guard of honour to the President. The guard of honour was spearheaded by Brigadier Chawla. The President inspected the guard of honour in an open Jeep.
Those present at the airport on the occasion included leader of Opposition in lok Sabha and MP Sushma Swaraj, MP Kailash Joshi, Finance Minister Raghavji, Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Public Relations, Higher and Technical Education Minister laxmikant Sharma, Home Minister Umashankar Gupta, Women and Child Development Minister Ranjana Baghel, State Congress President Kantillal Bhuria, leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha Ajay Singh, Rameshwar Neekhra, Chief Secretary R Parasuram, DGP Nandan Dube, Major General KH Singh, senior officers of the police and Army, chairpersons of corporations & boards and public representatives.
later, Mukherjee was welcomed by Governor Ram Naresh Yadav with a bouquet on his arrival at Raj Bhavan here on Thursday. The President reached Raj Bhavan after laying foundation stone for Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya here this morning.
Presenting bouquet to the President at Raj Bhavan, Governor Yadav said, “You are welcome on behalf of people of Madhya Pradesh.”. The President was also greeted with bouquets by Principal Secretary to Governor Vinod Semwal, law Officer CC Dwivedi and other senior officers. The President was accompanied by Union Minister of State in the PMO Narayan Sami and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri.