Diwali 2025: Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with armed forces personnel at INS Vikrant off the coast of Goa and Karwar on Monday, 20 October. In his handle, PM Modi praised INS Vikrant, saying that the plane provider’s title was sufficient to present Pakistan ‘sleepless nights.’
“Just some months in the past, we witnessed how the very title Vikrant despatched waves of concern throughout Pakistan. Such is its would possibly — a reputation that shatters the enemy’s braveness even earlier than the battle begins. That is the ability of INS Vikrant… On this event, I particularly need to salute our armed forces…” PM Narendra Modi mentioned.
PM Modi additionally used the event to spotlight the necessity for the Indian armed forces to be self-reliant when an enemy is current and struggle is looming. “Those that are self-dependent at all times have the sting,” he mentioned.
‘Just like the Diwali lamps lit by courageous troopers’
At the moment, on one aspect, I’ve infinite horizons, infinite sky, and on the opposite aspect, I’ve this big, INS Vikrant, embodying infinite powers, the prime minister mentioned. “The glow of the solar’s rays on the ocean’s waters is just like the Diwali lamps lit by courageous troopers,” he mentioned in his handle.
Referring to Operation Sindoor, India’s precision strikes at terror camps in Pakistan in Could, PM Narendra Modi mentioned the extraordinary coordination among the many three companies collectively compelled Pakistan to give up.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on Could 7, when two weeks in the past, 26 civilians, principally vacationers, had been killed within the Pahalgam terror assault.
“These courageous troopers have been born on this very soil, have grown and flourished on this very soil. Subsequently, they maintain the inspiration to stake their life for the honour and dignity of this soil,” PM Modi mentioned, addressing Navy personnel on board INS Vikrant.
“The energy that your life derives from the soil of India is much like how each weapon, each gear, and each element of ours, because it turns into extra Indian, provides super energy to our forces. We’re proud that over the previous decade, our armed forces have quickly taken steps towards Atmanirbharta,” he mentioned.
