NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPT 17
President Ram Nath Kovind greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on Thursday, saying he has presented an ideal in showing commitment to India’s life values and democratic traditions.
The prime minister turned 70 on Thursday.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji congratulations on your birthday and best wishes. You have presented an ideal in showing commitment to India’s life values and democratic traditions. My compliments and prayers that the almighty keeps you healthy and joyous always, and the country keeps getting your valuable services,” Kovind tweeted in Hindi.
“Wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji a happy birthday,” the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
“Narendra Modi wishing you a very happy birthday sir. I pray for your long and healthy life,” said Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
BJP leaders wish PM on his birthday
Wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday, top BJP leaders on Thursday said India’s stature rose on the world stage under his leadership and his life dedicated to the welfare of the nation is an inspiration for them.
In a series of tweets, BJP president JP Nadda wished Modi, saying that under his leadership India moved swiftly on the path of progress and raised its stature at the world stage.
Modi’s life is dedicated to nation-building and he is an inspiration for all party workers, Nadda said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Home Minister Amit Shah hailed Modi as the most popular leader of the country and said he connected deprived sections of the society with the mainstream of development.
Shah said Modi has dedicated his entire life to the welfare of the country and is laying down a foundation of strong and self-reliant India.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India has benefited tremendously from his astute leadership, firm conviction, and decisive action.
“He has been working assiduously towards empowering the poor and marginalised. Praying for his good health and long life,” Singh said.
The ruling BJP celebrates Modi’s birthday as ”Sewa Diwas” and organises public welfare activities across the country for a week.
Wishes poured in from across the world for Modi who turned 70 on Thursday.
Nepal PM Oli wishes PM Modi on his 70th birthday
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Thursday greeted his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on his 70th birthday and vowed to continue to work closely together towards strengthening bilateral relations.
“Warm greetings to Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji on the auspicious occasion of your birthday. I wish you good health and happiness. We will continue working closely together to further strengthen relations between our two countries,” Oli tweeted.
Oli held a telephonic conversation with Modi on India’s 74th Independence Day on August 15, in the first high-level contact after the bilateral relations between the two countries came under strain following the issuance of a new political map by the Himalayan nation in May.
The ties between the two countries came under strain after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.
Nepal protested the inauguration of the road claiming that it passed through its territory. Days later, Nepal published a new political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as its territories.
In June, Nepal”s Parliament approved the new political map of the country featuring areas which India maintains belong to it.
India has termed Nepal”s “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims as untenable. New Delhi has also said that Kathmandu”s action violated an understanding reached between the two countries to resolve the boundary issues through talks.
