Celebrating with restraint to help beat Covid-19 pandemic: PM Modi

Asserting that India stands firmly with its brave soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to light a diya at their homes to honour security forces guarding the country’s borders while they celebrate festivals.

In his Mann ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi made a strong pitch for unity in the country while remembering Sardar Patel whose birth anniversary is on October 31. “Unity is power, unity is strength, unity is progress, unity is empowerment, united we will scale new heights,” the PM said. He also remembered former prime minister Indira Gandhi, whose death anniversary is on October 31.

Modi exhorted