Goddesses Lakshmi, Durga were Finance, Defence ministers: VP
Hindu Goddess Durga was the Defence Minister and Lakshmi was the Finance Minister in ancient India, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu has said while addressing the Indian School of Business Leadership Summit. Claiming that secularism was strong in India not because of Constitution but because it is in the DNA of Indians, Naidu said that society cannot be branded as growing intolerant. 