On Diwali morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed at Kargil to celebrate his annual Diwali celebration with the jawans. This has now become an annual ritual for the Prime Minister as he celebrated Diwali in 2021 with the troops at the border checkpoints in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. PM Modi spent the previous Diwali with Indian Army personnel in Jaisalmer. PM Modi addressed the jawans as his family and said it was a privilege for him to celebrate Diwali with them.
Narendra Modi has made it a point to meet the troops in a border region on Diwali since he became Prime Minister, beginning with a trip to Siachen in 2014. In the Rajouri area of Jammu and Kashmir, he participated in the event twice, in 2019 and 2021. On Diwali 2022, Prime Minister Modi spent the evening in Ayodhya. After laying the cornerstone for a Ram temple at the once-contentious Ram Janmabhoomi site on August 5, 2020, PM Modi oversaw the preparations for the Deepotsav 2022.
While addressing the armed forces, the Prime Minister said that the Indian military had "crushed the hood of terror". He said that Kargil had always flown the victory flag throughout conflicts with Pakistan and that Diwali represented the "rejoicing of the end of terror." PM Modi also participated in 'Vande Mataram' singalong with members of the Armed Forces. He further said he could not expect a better Diwali celebration than this.
"It is because the armed forces are protecting our borders, that every citizen in India sleeps peacefully. I bow towards the spirit of the Armed Forces of India. Your sacrifices have always made our country proud: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Kargil" he said. "Just like all of you are protecting us at the borders, we're working within the country to fight evils like terrorism, 'Naxalwaad', corruption. 'Naxalwaad' had taken a huge part of the nation in its grasp, but today that stretch is rapidly decreasing," he added.
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