Kochi: Indian Navy extended a warm welcom to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu who reached Kochi after his Lakshadweep visit. The Vice President reached the Naval Airport at 10.45 am in a special aircraft of the Air Force.
He was welcomed by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Minister P Rajeeve, Mayor Adv M Anil Kumar, Hibi Eden MP, T J Vinod MLA, ADGP Vijay Sakhare, Rear Admiral Antony George, City police commissioner C Nagaraju, District collector Jafar Malik and State protocol officer B Sunil Kumar.
The Vice president’s wife Usha and other family members were also present. He inspected the Guard of Honour of the Indian Navy. He will be in Kerala on January 2 and 3 attending different programmes and will return on Tuesday morning.