Party time

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hosted a makar sankranti lunch on Monday for its workers as well as journalists at its national headquarters. BJP President Amit Shah not just turned up at the lunch but spent over an hour milling with workers and journalists. Shah had skipped the makar sankranti get-togethers that Union Ministers Ram Vilas Paswan and Radha Mohan Singh had hosted at their respective official bungalows last Thursday. The party lunch saw better turnout. Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav, Shahnawaz Hussain and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, besides several state-level leaders were among those present at the event.