{"id":30604,"date":"2026-09-17T19:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=30604"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:36:17","slug":"bjp-organises-ashirwad-ka-diya-prog-at-lal-chowk-to-mark-pm-modis-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/bjp-organises-ashirwad-ka-diya-prog-at-lal-chowk-to-mark-pm-modis-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP organises \u2018Ashirwad Ka Diya\u2019 prog at Lal Chowk to mark PM Modi\u2019s birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

We pray for Prime Minister\u2019s long life, good health: LoP Sharma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Sep 17:\u00a0Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir unit\u00a0on Thursday organised an \u2018Ashirwad Ka Diya\u2019 programme\u00a0at the historic Clock Tower in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, to mark\u00a0the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n

The party workers and supporters gathered at the\u00a0clock tower\u00a0and lit diyas and candles as part of the celebrations, offering prayers for the Prime Minister\u2019s long life and good health. The programme was held as part of the BJP\u2019s nationwide birthday observances centred on the \u2018Ashirwad Ka Diya\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n

Addressing the gathering, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Sunil Sharma, as reported by the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), extended birthday greetings to PM Modi on behalf of the party\u2019s Kashmir unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, at Kashmir\u2019s historic Clock Tower in Lal Chowk, on behalf of the BJP\u2019s Kashmir unit, we would like to extend our heartfelt birthday greetings to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We pray for his long life and good health. The entire BJP unit in Kashmir and people at large are praying for this at this historic Clock Tower,\u201d Sharma said.<\/p>\n

He said Prime Minister Modi\u2019s public life had included a long tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat followed by nearly 12-and-a-half years as Prime Minister of India.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday marks the celebration of twenty-five years spent in office, a tenure comprising roughly twelve and a half years as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and another twelve and a half years as the Prime Minister of India,\u201d Sharma said.<\/p>\n

Describing the tenure as \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cremarkable\u201d, the LoP Sharma said PM Modi had dedicated his public life to\u00a0the service of\u00a0the nation.<\/p>\n

He said BJP workers\u00a0have\u00a0assembled beneath the Clock Tower to light lamps and pray for the Prime Minister\u2019s long life and good health,\u00a0while\u00a0seeking blessings from the Almighty for his continued service to the country.<\/p>\n

The ‘Ashirwad Ka Diya’ programme was part of the BJP\u2019s nationwide birthday-related \u2018Seva Sankalp Abhiyan\u2019. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We pray for Prime Minister\u2019s long life, good health: LoP Sharma Srinagar, Sep 17:\u00a0Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir unit\u00a0on Thursday organised an \u2018Ashirwad Ka Diya\u2019 programme\u00a0at the historic Clock Tower in Lal Chowk, Srinagar, to mark\u00a0the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party workers and supporters gathered at the\u00a0clock tower\u00a0and lit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30606,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30604\/revisions\/30606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}