New Delhi (NVI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked people to switch off the lights in their homes on April 5 (Sunday) at 9 pm, and light lamps, candles for nine minutes, as a gesture to show solidarity in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.
PM asked the citizens to stand in their balconies for 9 minutes with candles and lamps, or mobile flashlights to mark the march from darkness to light while maintaining social distancing.
“We are at home during lockdown, but we are not alone in this as collective strength of entire country is with each one of us,” he said while asking people to fight back the darkness spread by coronavirus by moving towards light.
The PM in his speech also thanked everyone for following the lockdown for 10 days so far and said, “I thank everyone who are fighting against the novel coronavirus and people for respecting the corona lockdown. It has become an example for all the countries today.”
“India has demonstrated a good example to be emulated by the world. The country is united against coronavirus,” he said.
A video messsage to my fellow Indians. https://t.co/rcS97tTFrH
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 3, 2020
The speech was live-streamed on PM Modi’s YouTube channel.
Modi had addressed the nation twice — on March 19 and March 24, since coronavirus pandemic became a serious concern in the country.
In his first address, PM Modi had called for a one-day Janata Curfew on March 22 (Sunday) and in the second address on March 24, he announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown will end on April 14.
