LIVE: Jaswant Singh contributed to strengthening of BJP, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dealt with the country through his month to month radio broadcast ‘Mann ki Baat’ these days. Lauding farmers for strengthening the country’s agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed the farm sector is enjoying a significant purpose in efforts to develop a self-reliant India.

He also claimed if the essence of Mahatma Gandhi’s financial philosophy was adopted, there would not have been any will need for the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ marketing campaign as India would have come to be self-reliant a lot previously.

Previous Defence Minister Jaswant Singh passed away on Sunday at the age of eighty two. The previous Indian Military officer served in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet. He held the portfolios of defence, finance and exterior affairs in the Atal Bihar Vajpayee cabinet involving 1998 and 2004.

In an additional news, extra than eighteen individuals have been arrested so far by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in link with Bollywood drug situation, Mutha Ashok Jain, Deputy DG, South-Western Area of NCB claimed on Saturday.