Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi Dedicates Diwali to Jawans, Salutes Their Valour During Monthly Radio Address
Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi Dedicates Diwali to Jawans, Salutes Their Valour During Monthly Radio Address
"Diwali is a festival that is being celebrated world over," Modi said.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the festival of Diwali to the armed forces on Sunday, saluting their valour and lauding their sacrifices in his monthly radio address. Later on Sunday, he met army and ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) personnel in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, keeping with his practice of celebrating Diwali with soldiers.

In the wake of ongoing troubles in the Kashmir Valley, he said, "Unity in diversity is our strength. It is the responsibility of every citizen and all governments to forge unity and curb separatist tendencies to save the country."

"In the wake of recent events, our soldiers have been sacrificing their everything for the safety and security of the country. Their dedication and labour has overwhelmed me completely. Let us dedicate this Diwali to our armed forces," he said.

"Our forces endure grave hardships for our security. Someone is stationed in a desert, someone on the Himalayas, someone is guarding our industrial installations and someone is protecting our airports. Everyone is fulfilling a mighty responsibility. If we remember them while being in a festive mood, our remembrance will give them strength and renewed energy. I thank everyone for responding to Sandesh2Soldiers," Modi said in over half-an-hour address.

As Modi paid tributes to Sardar Patel whose birth anniversary falls on Monday, he also remembered Indira Gandhi whose death anniversary falls on the same day. He, however, lamented that on a day we celebrate the birth anniversary of Patel, thousands of Sikhs were killed in 1984 in the wake of the assassination of Gandhi.

Later in the day, Modi met army and ITBP soldiers in a remote and strategic area in Himachal Pradesh, adjoining the Chinese border. Modi as Prime Minister had celebrated his first Diwali in 2014 with Army in Siachen and last year on the Punjab border with Pakistan.

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