PM Modi reaches Kargil to celebrate Diwali with jawans

Keeping up with his tradition to celebrate Diwali with the Indian Army jawans, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kargil on Monday morning. In 2021, he spent Diwali with the troops at the border outposts in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri. In the year before, the prime minister celebrated Diwali with Indian Army soldiers in Jaisalmer.

Since assuming office in 2014, the Prime Minister has been celebrating Diwali by spending time with soldiers in the forward areas in states like Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.