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Deepak’s Diwali draws hundreds to the Hill

Cabinet ministers give the jovial Tory MP some good-natured teasing and thank him for hosting.

Conservative MP and leadership candidate Deepak Obhrai, centre, leads a line of MPs from various parties during the Diwali ceremony last Thursday.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

November 2, 2016

Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai hosted hundreds of guests last Thursday for the 16th national Diwali on the Hill celebration, at the Sir John A. Macdonald building's main hall. The event, a Hindu festival of light, was spons...

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