President Pranab Mukherjee was accorded a warm welcome on arrival at the airport here on Friday. Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan greeted the President.
Others who greeted President Mukherjee at the airport included Home Minister Babulal Gaur, Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar, PHE Minister Kusum Mahdele, Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh, Minister of State for Tourism Surendra Patwa, former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi, Mayor Krishna Gaur, MP Alok Sanjar, MlA Rameshwar Sharma, Alok Sharma, Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa, DGP Nandan Dube, lt Gen RV Kanitkar, Brig Sanjay Chawla and senior officers of police and administration.
President Mukherjee arrived via Jabalpur. After participating in President’s welcome programme at Jabalpur, Governor Ramesh Naresh Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accompanied him to Bhopal in a special Air Force aircraft.
Earlier, Governor Ram Naresh Yadav, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jabalpur Mayor Prabhat Sahu greeted the President at the Jabalpur airport.
Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa, DGP Nandan Dube, Army’s Madhya Pradesh Area Major General Sanjay Agrawal, Divisional Commissioner Deepak Khandekar and IG Upendra Jain were also present.
From Dumna airport, President Mukherjee left for Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University with Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Mukherjee has come to take part in golden jubilee convocation of the university.
later, on reaching Bhopal Governor Ram Naresh Yadav greeted the President on his arrival at Raj Bhavan. Principal Secretary to Governor Vinod Semwal and Raj Bhavan’s senior officers were present on the occasion. Governor Yadav felicitated President Mukherjee with a shawl and memento.