Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Longewala post on the Rajasthan border on Saturday morning to celebrate Diwali with soldiers. Prime Minister Modi has been spending the day with the soldiers since 2014, the year he first assumed power.
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of the Army General MM Naravane and the Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), Rakesh Asthana, also accompany the Prime Minister.
Hours earlier, Prime Minister Modi tweeted his salute to the nation and wished the festival would bring “brightness and happiness” to people’s lives. “I wish you all a Happy Diwali! May this party increase the brightness and happiness. May all be prosperous and healthy, ”Prime Minister Modi tweeted.
On Friday, the prime minister shared a clipping from his monthly radio show Mann Ki Baat, last delivered on October 25, in which he urged all citizens to light a diya as a salute to the soldiers who “fearlessly protect to our nation. “
“This Diwali, let’s also light a Diya like # Salute2Soldiers who fearlessly protect our nation. Words cannot do justice to the sense of gratitude we have for our soldiers for their exemplary bravery. We are also grateful to the families of those at the borders, ”he tweeted.
In 2019, Prime Minister Modi visited the “Hall of Fame” in Rajouri and Pathankot Air Base. In 2018, he visited Kedarnathand and inspected a military post on the India-China border, and in 2017, he visited the Gurez sector in northern Kashmir. He spent his Diwali with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police in Himachal Pradesh in 2016 and in 2015 he visited the Punjab border.
Longewala Post is a strategic post on the western frontier where the first major battle of the 1971 war, known as the Battle of Longewala, was fought.
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