SRINAGAR — Continuing his tradition to visit border areas on Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate Diwali with Indian Army jawans in Jammu and Kashmir.
This time, PM Modi will head to Nowshera, Rajouri border post on the Line of Control (LoC) on Thursday.
PM Modi has made it a compulsory practice to visit the border on the occastion of Diwali. The prime minister gifts sweets and other gifts to the jawans.
In 2019, PM Modi had spent Diwali with the troops in Rajouri.
PM Modi’s visit to border areas is seen as a morale booster for the jawans on the ground.
Last year, PM Modi spent Diwali with soldiers at Longewala in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer. — (Agencies)