Diwali 2022: PM Modi pays tribute to army personnel who lost their lives in Kargil

Diwali 2022 live updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be celebrating the festival of lights with army jawans this year as well.

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Diwali 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to celebrate Diwali with army soldiers for the 8th consecutive year on Monday (Oct 24). PM Modi has arrived in Kargil to celebrate with army jawans as per a tweet by the PMO. The PMO said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Kargil, where he will celebrate Diwali with our brave soldiers." Since coming to power in 2014, Modi has been visiting different military facilities to celebrate Diwali. Earlier, PM Modi had shared Diwali wishes on Twitter and wrote, "Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali. Diwali is associated with brightness and radiance. May this auspicious festival further the spirit of joy and well-being in our lives. I hope you have a wonderful Diwali with family and friends."

On Diwali eve, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ayodhya on Sunday. He offered aarti at New Ghat near Saryu River in Ayodhya and even lit earthen lamps. He said that the values that Lord Ram instilled in his words, thoughts, governance, and administration are the inspiration for `Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas`, and the basis of `Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas.

(With agency inputs)

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24 October 2022

24 October 2022 14:52 IST

PM Modi remembers soldiers who were martyred in Kargil war

He laid a wreath & paid tribute to the army personnel who lost their lives in Kargil. Watch the video here:

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays a wreath & pays tribute to the army personnel who lost their lives, in Kargil#Diwali

(Source: DD) pic.twitter.com/axB4xP33l0

— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2022

24 October 2022 13:36 IST

Prime Minister Modi meets Major Amit in Kargil

The Prime Minister had first met him in November 2001 at a Sainik School in Balachadi, Gujarat. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Major Amit in Kargil today, whom he had earlier met in November 2001 at a Sainik School in Balachadi, Gujarat.#Diwali https://t.co/lx2GKkpQln pic.twitter.com/UBgKIQaem2

— ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2022