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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday witnessed greetings from Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and other sporting personalities like Yogeshwar Dutt, Sushil Kumar and Suresh Raina.
Updated : Sep 17, 2020, 02:15 PM IST | Edited by : Siddharth Vishwanathan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday on September 17 has led to an outpouring of greetings from all sections of society. From leaders to film stars to sporting personalities, everybody wished the Prime Minister on the occasion of his birthday. In the sporting arena, cricketers like Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar led the greetings for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while other sporting superstars like Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia all wished the Prime Minister on his birthday
Here are a sample of some of the tweets from India’s elite sporting personalities
The man who showed 1.3 billion Indians that it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you have the will to do something & touch people’s lives!
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 17, 2020
Birthday greetings to the one who triumphed against all odds, Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji! pic.twitter.com/Rz3KQ75OeZ
जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी।
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 17, 2020
मेरी ईश्वर से यही प्रार्थना है कि वो आपको हमेशा सुरक्षित रखें और लंबी उम्र दें। pic.twitter.com/VsYJvxKdwT
Birthday wishes to our honourable Prime Minister sir @narendramodi
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) September 17, 2020
Wishing you a long, healthy life and many more milestones ahead in the service of our nation! @PMOIndia #HappyBdayNaMo pic.twitter.com/cvK82e4ibp
यशस्वी प्रधानमंत्री श्री@narendramodi जी के जन्मदिवस पर उन्हें बहुत-२ बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएँ।ईश्वर से आपके अच्छे स्वास्थ्य दीर्घायु जीवन की कामना करता हूं।#happybirthdaymodiji pic.twitter.com/tw0wRwGyJr
— Bajrang Punia (@BajrangPunia) September 17, 2020
प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी को उनके जन्मदिवस पर ढेरों शुभकामनाएँ। pic.twitter.com/8WHs1cXyKz
— Sushil Kumar (@WrestlerSushil) September 17, 2020
मां भारती के सपूत , कर्मयोगी , ओजस्वी विचारक और भारत के यशस्वी प्रधानमंत्री आदरणीय श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक बधाई एवं शुभकामनाएं @NarendraModi@Pmo pic.twitter.com/gmkSZOOSEO
— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) September 17, 2020
Wishing a very Happy birthday to our honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji.@narendramodi @PMOIndia
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 17, 2020
National Unemployment day
Week-long celebrations in the name of 'Seva Saptah' were launched by BJP from Sept 14-20 in view of PM Narendra Modi's birthday. PM Modi has turned 70 today, i.e. September 17. A majority of people on Twitter have lauded PM Narendra Modi's efforts in curbing COVID-19 across the country, handling the India-China situation among other things.
Recently, WHO had also praised PM Modi's timely and tough decisions in view of coronavirus and had said that India is in a better position than other advanced nations. But, on the other hand, a certain segment of netizens on Twitter have marked September 17 as National Unemployment Day and the trend has gone viral. The hashtag Rashtriya Berojgar Diwas or National Unemployment Day marks as a protest against the high unemployment rates in the country and to highlight the government's failure to create jobs and provide employment.
As per the National Statistical Office (NSO) report, India's April-June quarter GDP contracted by 23.9 percent, the first contraction in more than 40 years. The number of unemployed people are likely to grow not just because people are failing to find jobs, but also because several already employed are likely to lose their jobs, because of the economy and lockdowns imposed due to COVID-19.