'Privileged to celebrate festival with our brave jawans': PM Modi in Kargil

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning reached Kargil to celebrate Diwali with soldiers. While addressing armed forces personnel, the prime minister asserted that Jawans are his family and it is his privilege to celebrate the festival with them. He further said he could not expect a better Diwali celebration than this.

"It is because the armed forces are protecting our borders, that every citizen in India sleeps peacefully. I bow towards the spirit of the Armed Forces of India. Your sacrifices have always made our country proud: Prime Minister Narendra



Modi, in Kargil" he added.

"Jawans crushed the fountainhead of terror in Kargil," he praised armed forces. 

"Just like all of you are protecting us at the borders, we're working within the country to fight evils like terrorism, 'Naxalwaad', corruption. 'Naxalwaad' had taken a huge part of the nation in its grasp, but today that stretch is rapidly decreasing," the PM said.

The prime minister has his unique way to celebrate the festival with the Indian Army personnel since he became prime minister in 2014.