Prime Minister Narendra Modi with army personnel at J&K. | Stock Image | Photo credit: Times Now
Key points
- Every year Prime Minister Modi visits soldiers in Kashmir and the Northern Front to celebrate the festival.
- This year, the Prime Minister is expected to visit the Western Front on Saturday (November 14) for the celebrations.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to celebrate Diwali again with our country’s security forces, maintaining the tradition that began since he took office in 2014.
This year, the Prime Minister is expected to visit the Western Front on Saturday (November 14) for the celebrations.
Every year Prime Minister Modi visits soldiers in Kashmir and the northern front to celebrate the festival, but this year, given the situation at the borders, he plans to boost the morale of forces along the western border.
Last year around this time, he called out the soldiers and members of his family and praised them for protecting our borders even during festivals.
“It is a tradition for people to celebrate Diwali with their families. I also decided to celebrate it with my family. I have come here to celebrate with you. You are my family, ”Modi told army personnel in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, near the Line of Control.
He had said that while ordinary citizens think of their own families first, soldiers think of Mother India and the 130 crore of Indians, while their own family is the last priority.
“The country and its duty come first in priority. All other things are after that. But at the time of the festival, the family members want me to celebrate Diwali with them, but you continue to protect our borders, ”he had said.
In 2018, the Prime Minister celebrated Diwali with the jaws of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police in the Harsil village of Uttarakhand, near the India-China border.
