Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 73 on Sunday, with President Droupadi Murmu extending birthday wishes. The PM is set to launch several developmental initiatives today.
Extending best wishes, the President said she wished that Modi with his foresight and strong leadership paves the way for India’s development in every field during the ‘Amrit Kaal’.
Lauding him as the architect of new India, Home Minister Amit Shah said he has laid a strong foundation of a grand and self-reliant India on the basis of the country’s ancient heritage.
“Be it the party organisation or the government, we always get inspiration of national interest being supreme from Modi ji,” he said, adding that he considered it his good fortune to serve the country under such a unique leader.
Wishing him, BJP president J P Nadda said the prime minister has given tangible shape to the Indian culture’s global prestige, people’s multi-dimensional development and the nation’s universal progress.
Our goal of “antyodaya” (uplift of the most downtrodden) has reached every village and every section of society and has become the mantra for the resolve of having a developed India, Nadda said on X.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Modi has not given merely a new identity to India but also enhanced its prestige in the world. PM Modi has taken India’s development to new heights, he said, wishing him a good health and long life.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also launch “Sewa Pakhwara” from today till October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, to reach out to different sections of society with a host of welfare initiatives to mark the birthday of its preeminent leader.
PM Modi birthday
As the country celebrates ‘Vishwakarma Jayanti’ today, Modi will launch his government’s ambitious scheme, “PM Vishwakarma”, which is aimed at helping artisans and craftsmen and others engaged in traditional skills on the occasion.
As practitioners of these traditional occupations come largely from Other Backward Classes, the scheme with an outlay of Rs 13,000 crore is also being seen as the ruling BJP’s outreach to the politically important segment.
He is scheduled to inaugurate the first phase of the India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC), named Yashobhoomi, in Dwarka and also the extension of the Delhi Airport Metro Express line from Dwarka Sector 21 to a new metro station at Dwarka Sector 25.
Congress leaders birthday wish for PM Modi
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wished PM Modi and wrote on X, “My best wishes to PM Shri Narendra Modi ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and long life.”
“Wishing PM Narendra Modi a happy birthday,” wrote Rahul Gandhi.