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PM Modi Birthday: Rahul Gandhi, Other Opposition Leaders Extend Warm Wishes

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 76 on Thursday, with President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers and leaders from across the political spectrum extending birthday greetings.

Among those who wished Modi were Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Hardeep Singh Puri, Pralhad Joshi, Kiren Rijiju, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP president Nitin Nabin, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma.

Devendra Fadnavis, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary also extended greetings.

From the opposition and other parties, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge wished Modi good health and a long life.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, AAP MP Raghav Chadha and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay also extended greetings.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Bihar leader Nitish Kumar, Union Minister Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi were among others who conveyed their wishes.

BJP president Nitin Nabin inaugurated a blood donation camp under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, while Amit Shah visited Modi’s ancestral village and flagged off a Vadnagar-Varanasi bike rally. A 108-kundiya yagna was also planned for the Prime Minister’s long life.

Modi thanked people for the ‘Ashirwad Ka Diya’ initiative and said the gesture had strengthened his resolve to serve the country. He also extended Vishwakarma Jayanti greetings and paid tribute to artisans and skilled workers.

The birthday coincides with nationwide programmes focused on public service under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan.

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