India, Aug. 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged citizens to celebrate the Independence Day with honour, pride and glory, and take a pledge for a developed India. Modi said this in a post on Instagram and also shared a video showing the NDA MPs and Union ministers greeting him by waving the tricolour and raising slogans of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' when he entered the venue of the ruling coalition's weekly 'Mangal Milan' meeting here. "Let us pay tribute to our freedom fighters. Let us take a pledge for a developed India. Har Ghar Tiranga, Ghar Ghar Tiranga, Har Mann Tiranga (Tricolour in every home, tricolour in every heart). Come, let us hoist the tricolour at every home. Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram, Vande Mataram," Modi said in the Instagram video. Also Read - Meaningless to discuss crime under Samrat Choudhary's chief ministership: Prashant Kishor Earlier, as soon as the prime minister entered the venue of the NDA parliamentary party meeting," the GMC Balayogi Auditorium at the Parliament House complex, the ministers and MPs greeted him by waving the national flag and raising 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' slogans. The Prime Minister reciprocated the gesture by himself holding a national flag and waving towards the members present. Those who attended the meeting included BJP president Nitin Nabin, Union ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and S Jaishankar. Ministers belonging to NDA constituent parties - HD Kumaraswamy (JD-S), Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu (TDP), Ramdas Bandu Athawale (RSP-A), and leaders Praful Patel (NCP), Upendra Kushwaha (RLM), and Satabdi Roy (NCPI), and others also attended it. Also Read - ABVP to launch nationwide agitation over Jharkhand students' issue The NDA Parliamentary party meeting also saw a presentation by Union Minister of Jal Shakti C R Paatil on different aspects of the Jal Shakti ministry, which is responsible for laying down policy guidelines and programmes for the development, conservation and management of water as a national resource. The ministry is also responsible for an overall national perspective of water planning and coordination in relation to diverse uses of water. The NDA Parliamentary party meeting is held on every Tuesday when Parliament is in session. The Monsoon session of Parliament, which began on July 20, is set to conclude on August 13. Soon after the meeting, the NDA MPs staged a protest outside Parliament's main gate, 'Makar Dwar', where they came face-to-face with Opposition INDIA Bloc MPs, who staged another protest.
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