NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 31, 2024: As is a tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the Diwali festival with BSF, Army, Navy and Air Force personnel at Lakki Nala in Sir Creek area in Indo-Pak border in the Kutch region of Gujarat state on Thursday.
The PM stated “Glad to have celebrated Diwali with our brave personnel from the BSF, Army, Navy, and Air Force at Lakki Nala in the Creek Area, Kutch. This area is both challenging and remote. The days are scorching hot and it also gets cold. The Creek area has other environmental challenges as well”.
This is an extremely inhospitable place, due to the very hot days and very cold nights. The terrain is also challenging. Our Security personnel stand firm in the inhospitable place and protect us. We are very proud of them, he stated.
PM Modi reached Lakki Nala in the Sir Creek area after landing at Koteshwar in Kutch from Ekta Nagar. He celebrated Diwali by offering sweets to jawans. PM Modi, wearing a BSF uniform, can be seen offering sweets to the personnel on board a patrol vessel.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar on the birth anniversary of India’s first Home Minister, which is celebrated as National Unity Day.
