The Micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 64th birthday.
Modi’s official twitter account shows colourful balloons rising through the page to mark his birthday.
The prime minister also received greetings from people on the social networking site. People tweeted with the hashtag #HappyBdayPM, which was trending at the top in India.
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Apart from many Bharatiya Janata Party leaders who took to Twitter to wish Modi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also wished Modi on his birthday.
“Greetings to Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi ji on his birthday. My prayers for his health and long life,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Greetings to Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi ji on his birthday. My prayers for his health and long life
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 17, 2015
Union Home minister Rajnath Singh tweeted,”Greetings to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on his birthday today. May God bless him with good health and long life.”
Greetings to the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi on his birthday today. May God bless him with good health and long life.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 17, 2015
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel tweeted, “On behalf of whole of Gujarat and myself, I extend warm birthday greetings to our Prime Minister.”
May God bless PM Shri @narendramodi with long life, good health & strength to take our motherland to greater heights of development.
— Anandiben Patel (@anandibenpatel) September 17, 2015
Others who wished PM include- Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje,
Heartiest Birthday Greetings to Hon. PM Narendra Modi ji. May God bless you with a long, healthy and happy life. @narendramodi
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) September 17, 2015
Minister of State (Independent charge) of Petroleum & Natural Gas-Dharmendra Pradhan:
Wishing our beloved Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji a very happy birthday. #HappyBdayPM
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 17, 2015
And, India’s former Minister for Telecom & Ports-Milind Deora:
Happy birthday @narendramodi!
My op-ed in today's @EconomicTimes on Modi Sarkar, @thebeatles & @RollingStones:http://t.co/R3BPbuOUoN— Milind Deora मिलिंद देवरा (@milinddeora) September 17, 2015
Meanwhile, India’s badminton sensation, Saina Nehwal, met him on Wednesday and gifted him a racquet that she played with to win the silver medal at the Badminton World Championship last month.
Happy Birthday sir @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/x8P85O8uH9
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 17, 2015