Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Rajnath Singh, Yogi Launch Seva Sankalp Abhiyan for Modi’s Birthday
Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath held an event for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday.
They started a campaign called the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan in Kashi.
Five hundred young people began a motorcycle trip from Varanasi to Vadnagar, where Modi was born.
The trip will last 20 days and include public events, conversations and service activities.
Other groups will carry water from sacred rivers in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
The water will be offered at important religious places in Vadnagar and Varanasi.
An exhibition described Modi’s 25 years of public service.
Yogi Adityanath said government programmes had helped provide homes, toilets, food, electricity, internet, banking and health insurance.
He also highlighted India’s development in roads, railways, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, drones and robotics.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan in Kashi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday.
A 500-youth, 250-motorcycle Seva Sankalp Bike Yatra began in Varanasi and will travel to Vadnagar over 20 days.
The programme included an exhibition on Modi’s 25-year journey from public service to nation service and a film about changes under his leadership.
Ten journeys carrying water from sacred rivers in Uttar Pradesh will travel to Vadnagar, while ten Gujarat water journeys will go to Varanasi.
Yogi Adityanath credited Modi’s leadership with reported gains in housing, sanitation, welfare, infrastructure, connectivity, healthcare, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and robotics.
- Who
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and 500 participating youths were central to the programme.
- What
- The Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, a youth motorcycle expedition, an exhibition and related sacred-river water journeys were launched.
- When
- The programme took place on September 17, 2026, Modi’s 76th birthday; the motorcycle expedition is scheduled to continue until October 7, 2026.
- Where
- The launch took place at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Kashi; the motorcycle journey began in Varanasi and is headed to Vadnagar.
- Why
- The activities were organized to celebrate Modi’s birthday, mark 25 years since he became Gujarat’s chief minister, and highlight his public-service journey and reported government achievements.
- Campaign
- Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, or Service Pledge Campaign
- Bike expedition
- 500 youths riding 250 motorcycles
- Route
- Varanasi to Vadnagar
- Expedition duration
- 20 days, continuing until October 7, 2026
- River journeys
- Ten Uttar Pradesh journeys will carry water to Vadnagar, while ten Gujarat journeys will carry water to Varanasi
- Service milestone
- The programme marked 25 years since Narendra Modi became Gujarat chief minister on October 7, 2001
- Claims highlighted by Yogi Adityanath
- Homes for 40 million people, toilets in 120 million homes, Ujjwala benefits for 110 million families, and Ayushman Bharat coverage for 600 million people
