I was fortunate to celebrate the Diwali festival on Monday with Navy personnel: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that I was fortunate to celebrate the Diwali festival on Monday with Navy personnel. He kept up his annual tradition of celebrating festival with the Indian armed forces and spent Diwali with the Navy personnel onboard INS Vikrant offs the coast of Goa and Karwar (Karnataka).
PM Modi in his address at the INS Vikrant he said that he is celebrating this festival with hundreds of brave Navy personnel and he was fortunate. Today is an amazing day. This scene is memorable. Today, on one side, I have the ocean, and on the other, I have the strength of the brave soldiers of Mother India, he added.
The glow of the sun’s rays on the ocean’s waters is like the Diwali lamps lit by brave soldiers, he said. He also said that the INS Vikrant, which is India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, reflects the capability of India’s armed forces.
Just a few months ago, we saw that Vikrant made all of Pakistan sleepless, referring to Operation Sindoor, which was launched on May 7th in response to a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam in J & K on April 22nd.
He said the fear instilled by the Navy, the extraordinary skill demonstrated by the Air Force, and the bravery of the Army, along with the exceptional coordination among all three services, “brought Pakistan to its knees within days during Operation Sindoor. INS Vikrant is not just a warship but is also a testimony to 21st century India’s hard work, talent, impact, and commitment, he added.
Modi expressed his experience with the Navy personnel the night spent yesterday on INS Vikrant is hard to put into words. I saw the immense energy and enthusiasm you all were filled with. When I saw you singing patriotic songs yesterday and the way you described Operation Sindoor in your songs, no words can ever fully convey the experience that a jawan feels standing on a battlefield.
He said that missiles like BrahMos and Akash have proven their capabilities during Operation Sindoor. Several countries around the world are now interested in purchasing these missiles, he added.