NAJIB ATTENDS DEEPAVALI OPEN HOUSE AT BATU CAVES

Najib attends Deepavali open house

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak at the Deepavali open house in Batu Caves Wednesday

Guest queueing at the buffet table at the Deepavali open house held at Batu Caves Wednesday. - 26 October, 2011

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak (left), Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (right) and MIC president Datuk G. Palanivel (centre) admiring a kholam at the Deepavali open house in Batu Caves Wednesday. -RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star. - 26 October, 2011

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, for the first time, celebrated Deepavali with the staff of Tamil daily, Makkal Osai Wednesday.

The event was also held to celebrate the 67th birthday of the daily's owner, Datuk S. Subramaniam, who is also former MIC deputy president.

Najib spent 30 minutes mingling with about 1,000 people who thronged the open house.

The prime minister went straight to the open house, which was held at the National Land Finance Cooperative Society Building in Jalan Templer, shortly after he arrived from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Saudi Crown Prince's funeral.

He then proceeded to attend Deepavali celebration hosted by MIC at Batu Caves Temple, before heading to Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras for another open house hosted by Hindu Sangam. Bernama

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