PM Modi reaches Rajasthan’s Longewala post to celebrate Diwali with soldiers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Longewala post at Rajasthan border on Saturday morning to celebrate Diwali with soldiers. He has been spending the day with soldiers since 2014, the year he first became came to power. Also Read | Diwali 2020: PM Modi, President Kovind, Sukhbir Singh Badal among others extend wishes Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Army Chief General MM Naravane and Border Security Force (BSF) DG Rakesh Asthana are also accompanying the PM. PM Modi also tweeted his greetings to the nation. “Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali! May this festival further brightness and happiness. May everyone be prosperous and healthy,” he tweeted. The PM also shared a clipping from his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, delivered last on October 25, in which he urged every citizen to light a diya as a as a salute to soldiers who “fearlessly protect our nation”. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1327225291668852736?s=20 “This Diwali, let us also light a Diya as a #Salute2Soldiers who fearlessly protect our nation. Words can’t do justice to the sense of gratitude we have for our soldiers for their exemplary courage. We are also grateful to the families of those on the borders,” he tweeted. The Longewala post is a strategic post on the western border where the first major battle of the 1971 war, known as the Battle of Longewala, was fought. -PTC News