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Jharkhand BJP Marks Narendra Modi’s Birthday With Statewide Events
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Jharkhand held events to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.
The events took place across the state on September 17.
Party members organised blood donation camps.
They also lit small earthen lamps at homes, temples and public places.
This lamp-lighting programme was called ‘Ashirwad Ka Diya’.
Aditya Sahu said the celebrations would continue for one month.
The events are also meant to mark Modi’s 25 years in public life.
Sanjay Seth gave assistive devices to people with disabilities at a separate programme.
The Jharkhand BJP held programmes across the state on September 17 to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.
The party organised blood donation camps and an ‘Ashirwad Ka Diya’ programme involving earthen lamps at homes, temples and public places.
Aditya Sahu and Babulal Marandi lit lamps in Ranchi district during the celebrations.
Sahu said the programmes would continue until October 17 as part of a nationwide event marking Modi’s 25 years in public life.
Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth distributed 1,391 assistive devices worth about Rs 38 lakh to persons with disabilities.
- Who
- The Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party, including Aditya Sahu and Babulal Marandi, organised the events; Sanjay Seth attended a related distribution programme.
- What
- Birthday celebrations for Narendra Modi included blood donation camps, lamp-lighting events and distribution of assistive devices.
- Where
- Across Jharkhand, including Ranchi, Kuchu village in Ormanjhi block and Albert Ekka Chowk.
- When
- September 17; the celebrations were scheduled to continue until October 17.
- Why
- To mark Narendra Modi’s birthday and his 25 years in public life.
Key facts
- Organising party
- Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jharkhand unit
- Main programme
- ‘Ashirwad Ka Diya’ lamp-lighting event
- Blood donation
- Camps were organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and planned to continue for three days
- Celebration period
- September 17 to October 17
- Public-life milestone
- Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public life
- Assistive devices
- 1,391 devices worth approximately Rs 38 lakh
- Beneficiaries
- Persons with disabilities
Quotes
Babulal Marandi
Leader of the opposition in Jharkhand who praised Modi’s record
“He has done several impossible tasks during his regime as the PM, including abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and prohibition of ‘triple talaq’. Modi also eradicated terrorism and left-wing extremism from the country,”
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“It is a historic moment for the country. People are celebrating Vishwakarma Puja along with the birthday of Modi. A blood donation camp was organised today, which will continue for the next three days in different parts of the state,”
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