New Delhi: The dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was attended by the chief ministers of several states including Union Ministers here in Hotel Ashoka.
Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad attended the dinner including chief ministers Anandiben Patel, Laxmikant Parsekar, Akhilesh Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Devendra Fadnavis and Virbhadra Singh.
Earlier in the day, Nitish played down his attending of PM's dinner as a "part of an old tradition."
"It's an old tradition that the prime minister hosts a dinner for dignitaries on such an occasion (the Conference of Judges of High Courts)," Kumar told reporters here before leaving for Delhi to take part in conference.
"I have attended such a customary function earlier too," Kumar said.
(With PTI inputs)
