Overview
- In an open message for Deepavali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat and adoption of Swadeshi products, urging cleanliness, better health, a 10% cut in cooking oil use, and yoga.
- Modi invokes Operation Sindoor as a moral response to the Pahalgam attack, saying India targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and ended the operation after its objectives were met.
- He highlights recent GST rate reductions launched on the first day of Navratri and says the “GST Bachat Utsav” is saving citizens thousands of crores of rupees.
- The letter says lamps will shine in districts where Naxal and Maoist violence has been rooted out, citing recent surrenders and a shift toward development paths.
- BJP MPs Manoj Tiwari and Dinesh Sharma praise the letter’s focus on self-reliance, with Sharma claiming 95% of Naxalism has been eliminated.