Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 68: Celebrates birthday with schoolchildren

PM Modi turns 68, will celebrate his birthday in Varanasi

Highlights

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his constituency Varanasi on his 68th birthday.
  • Today he will arrive in Varanasi and will head directly for Narur village to interact with children of a primary school.
  • The PM will spend the day with school children and watch a short film based on his life.
  • Meanwhile birthday wishes are pouring in on twitter on his birthday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his constituency Varanasi on his 68th birthday. He is on a two-day visit to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from Monday.

Today he will arrive in Varanasi in the afternoon and will head directly for Narur village to interact with children of a primary school who are being aided by the non-profit organisation "Room to Read", a Prime Minister's Office statement said on Sunday.

The PM will spend the day with school children and watch "Chalo Jeete Hain", a short film based on his life.


He will later interact with students of the city-based Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University at the Diesel Locomotive Works campus.

On Tuesday, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various development projects, cumulatively worth more than Rs 500 crore, from Banaras Hindu University's (BHU) Amphitheatre.

"Among the projects are Integrated Power Development Scheme for Puraani Kashi and an Atal Incubation Centre at the BHU. The projects for which the foundation stone will be laid is the Regional Ophthalmology Centre at the BHU," said the statement.
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Birthday wishes across party lines:





Wishes from cricket fraternity:




When Kapil Mishra from AAP called PM the best PM of India and also the next PM of India.


President Ram Nath Kovind took to Twitter and wished a long life to the PM.



Birthday wishes pouring in:





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