Date:11/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/11/stories/2008091161091400.htm

National

Manmohan hosts NSG ‘victory lunch’

Special Correspondent

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a lunch at his residence here on Wednesday to celebrate the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver, giving pride of place to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee for his stewardship of India’s campaign, senior officials said.

Among the other invitees were National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and the PM’s special envoy, Shyam Saran.

Minister of State Prithviraj Chauhan was also present, as were two key members of India’s negotiating team, R.B. Grover of the Department of Atomic Energy’s Strategic Plans Division and D.B. Venkatesh Varma, an officer of the Ministry of External Affairs.