Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver four speeches at events linked to wildlife and the environment, to women empowerment, skills and youth development and next generation infrastructure on his 72nd birthday on Saturday. PM Modi will have a busy day on Saturday as he will attend four important events.
PM Modi will release cheetahs being brought from Namibia in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Saturday morning. He will address the nation about the arrival of eight cheetahs, which will be flown from the Savannas in Nambia to the Kunno National Park.
Next, he will address a conference of women self-help groups in Madhya Pradesh. PM Modi will then address students from ITIs at the first ever Deekshant Samaroh on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti. Around 40 lakh students are expected to take part in the programme. Officials said the Prime Minister will also address students at the first-ever convocation ceremony of students from ITIs on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti.
In the evening, PM Modi will launch the important National Logistics Policy and will round off his public engagements.
Among the four events, two stand out as unique as his birthday marks the reintroduction of cheetahs to Indian wildlife, after the big cats became extinct several years ago.
PM Modi landed in New Delhi after attending the SCO summit in Uzbekistan where he held bilateral talks with multiple global leaders.
LEADERS WISH PM MODI ON HIS B'DAY
Political leaders from across the spectrum wished PM Modi on his birthday and prayed for his good health and prosperity. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh extended their birthday greetings to PM Modi.
"With his leadership, he has given unprecedented strength to the country's progress & good governance and provided a new height to India's prestige & self-respect before the world," Rajnath Singh tweeted.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 17, 2022
Amit Shah wrote, "I wish him a very happy birthday and I pray to God for his good health and long life."
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 17, 2022
"Wishing PM Narendra Modi a happy birthday," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.
Wishing PM Narendra Modi a happy birthday.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 17, 2022
"Birthday greetings to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri@narendramodi ji. Praying for your long and healthy life," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
Birthday greetings to Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. Praying for your long and healthy life.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 17, 2022
"Happy Birthday to Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji. Wishing him a healthy and long life," Bihar CM Nitish Kumar tweeted.
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) September 17, 2022
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created PM Modi's sand sculpture with 1,213 mud tea cups, ANI reported.
Puri, Odisha | Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2022
made a sand sculpture wishing PM Modi on his birthday pic.twitter.com/yryzCct3JZ
PM MODI TO RELEASE CHEETAHS TODAY
PM Modi will arrive at the Gwalior airport from New Delhi at around 9.20 am and leave for Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district, about 165km away, where he will release cheetahs into quarantine enclosures at around 10.45 am, the official said.
The release of wild cheetahs by the prime minister in KNP is part of his efforts to revitalise and diversify India’s wildlife and its habitat, said a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday.
“It is a matter of extreme happiness that cheetahs are coming to Kuno National Park. We the people of Madhya Pradesh are eager to welcome our new guests,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a tweet.
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) September 16, 2022
HOW BJP IS CELEBRATING PM MODI's B'DAY
Meanwhile, BJP has planned a list of activities on Saturday to celebrate PM Modi's birthday. The BJP will organise 'unity in diversity' festivals, blood donation drive, cleanliness drive across the country as part of its fortnight-long 'seva' campaign to mark PM Modi's birthday. The campaign will begin on Modi's birthday on September 17 and conclude on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
As part of the campaign, BJP workers in all districts will organise 'unity in diversity' festivals and send a message of "Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat (One India, Great India)" to the people.
The party will undertake plantation drive, cleanliness drive, and awareness campaigns for water conservation during the fortnight-long campaign. BJP workers will also distribute equipment among the people with disability, promote khadi products, and organise free health checkup camps during this period.
The BJP has been celebrating Prime Minister Modi's birthday as 'Seva Diwas' (Day of Service) for several years by organising welfare activities across the country for a fortnight.