"Happy birthday to the Prime Minister of India @narendramodi. I am sure that we will continue to strengthen our friendship and collaboration between Italy and India, to face together the global challenges that await us," Meloni wrote in Italian on X.
Tanti auguri di buon compleanno al Primo Ministro dell’India @narendramodi. Sono certa che continueremo a rafforzare la nostra amicizia e la collaborazione tra Italia e India, per affrontare insieme le sfide globali che ci attendono 🇮🇹🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/pqXo0ljK8F
— Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) September 17, 2024
PM Narendra Modi, who turned 74 today, was greeted by President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and several other dignitaries and politicians.
To mark his 74th birthday, PM Modi inaugurated 26 lakh houses built under PM Awas Yojana at Gadakana in Odisha's Bhubaneswar. He spent most of his day in Odisha during which he also launched railway and national highway projects.
While speaking at an event in Bhubaneswar, the PM recalled how he used to visit his mother on his birthday and take her blessings.
"When my mother was alive, I always used to visit her on my birthday to seek her blessings. My mother used to feed me 'Gud' (jaggery) by hand. She is not there anymore but my Adivasi mother fed me kheer and gave me birthday blessings," he said.
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