India, Jan. 4 -- Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday unveiled the portraits of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya at the Delhi Assembly.

Singh also released a coffee table book titled Bharat Mata, marking 150 years since the composition of the national song Vande Mataram in the presence of Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Deputy Speaker Mohan Singh Bisht and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) Trust's president Padma Bhushan Ram Bahadur Rai.

Addressing the gathering, Singh said, it is not only an occasion to honour the contributions of these two big personalities, but it is also a moment to honour the country's parliamentary traditions, moral pol...