PM Modi Says Will Spend Diwali With Troops

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
would celebrate Diwali on Wednesday with Army jawans and share pictures of his experience.Responding to Diwali greetings from Israel Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, PM Modi said, "Every year, I visit our border areas and surprise our troops
This year too, will spend Diwali with our brave troops
Spending time with them is special."He said he would share the photos of the same Wednesday evening.PM Modi also thanked Bibi, as Mr
Netanyahu is called, for the Diwali wishes."On behalf of the people of Israel, I would like to wish my dear friend @narendramodi and the
people of India a joyous Diwali
May this luminous festival of lights bring you happiness and prosperity
Reply to this tweet with the name of the city where you're celebrating!," the Israel premier had tweeted.After becoming the prime minister
in 2014, PM Modi had spent Diwali at Siachen with Army jawans.In 2015, he had visited the Punjab border on Diwali
His visit had coincided with 50 years of the 1965 Indo-Pak war.The next year, PM Modi was in Himachal Pradesh, where he spent time with the
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel at a border outpost.He had spent his fourth Diwali as prime minister with soldiers at Gurez in
Jammu and Kashmir last year.Sources in the government had said on Monday that the Prime Minister would offer prayers at the Kedarnath shrine
on Diwali.