New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 65 on Thursday, with a host of leaders across the political spectrum wishing him a healthy and long life.
"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, 2015Modi had also greeted Kejriwal on his birthday and the Chief Minister immediately responded with thanks and expressed his desire to meet him to discuss the situation in the national capital.
"Happy birthday @narendramodi ji. May God grant you a long life in the service of the nation. #HappyBdayPM," tweeted National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah.
Happy birthday @narendramodi ji. May God grant you a long life in the service of the nation. #HappyBdayPM
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) September 17, 2015BJP president Amit Shah said on the micro blogging website he prays to God for his "long life and good health". Modi's ministerial colleagues Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh also took to twitter to greet the Prime Minister.
"My best wishes to Hon'ble PM @narendramodi ji on his birthday today. May God bless him with good health & success in all his endeavours," Jaitley said.
My best wishes to Hon'ble PM @narendramodi ji on his birthday today. May God bless him with good health & success in all his endeavours.
— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) September 17, 2015Rajnath said in his twitter post, "Greetings to the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi 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 (@BJPRajnathSingh) September 17, 2015NDA ally and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said, "Happy Birthday @narendramodi ji. Hope you continue to steer our country to prosperity under your visionary leadership. Wish you good health."
Happy Birthday @narendramodi ji. Hope you continue to steer our country to prosperity under your visionary leadership. Wish you good health.
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) September 17, 2015"My warmest greetings to Sh. Modiji on his birthday. I pray that you be blessed with a long and healthy life," said LJP chief and Modi's ministerial colleague Ram Vilas Paswan.
My warmest greetings to Sh. Modiji on his birthday. I pray that you be blessed with a long and healthy life. @narendramodi
— Ram Vilas Paswan (@irvpaswan) September 16, 2015"Heartiest birthday greetings to our beloved leader Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, from Maharashtra. #HappyBdayPM ," said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Heartiest birthday greetings to our beloved leader Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, from Maharashtra. #HappyBdayPM pic.twitter.com/bpyFpTiPmz
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) September 17, 2015President Pranab Mukherjee lauding his "dynamism" and "out of the box" thinking as leaders across the political divide wished him good health and long life. In his greetings, Mukherjee said the last year was an important period filled with significant achievements for the Prime Minister and the country. "This special day comes as you complete more than fifteen months as the Prime Minister of our great nation. The last year has been an important period filled with significant achievements for you personally and our country. "Your hard work, dynamism and out of the box thinking has received wide appreciation in the country and abroad," the President was quoted by his official spokesman Venu Rajamony as saying. He complimented the Prime Minister on his accomplishments and said, "May the Almighty bless you with good health, happiness and many more years of dedicated service to the nation." Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, with whom Modi has been engaged in bitter exchanges over a host of issues including the land bill, too extended his greetings. "Best wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modiji on his birthday," Rahul tweeted. Best wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modiji on his birthday. @narendramodi
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) September 17, 2015
Starting the exchange of greetings between the two, the Prime Minister had on June 19 taken to twitter to greet Rahul on his birthday. "Wishing the Congress Vice President, Shri Rahul Gandhi a Happy Birthday. I pray for his good health & long life. @OfficeOfRG," the PM had said on Twitter as Rahul turned 45. Rahul was quick to respond and tweeted back, thanking him for the "best wishes". Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who had to face the party's wrath for praising Narendra Modi and was dropped from the list of spokespersons, also greeted the Prime Minister but underlined their disagreement in politics. "Happy Birthday @narendramodi . May you continue to serve India w/energy &commitment. Will continue to disagree w/ yr politics, but w/respect!," Tharoor said.Happy Birthday @narendramodi . May you continue to serve India w/energy &commitment. Will continue to disagree w/ yr politics,but w/respect!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 17, 2015
