New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Harsh Malhotra on Sunday will lead the city BJP workers in tuning into the 137th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio programme at more than 6,000 locations across the city.
Malhotra will listen to the PM Modi’s radio show at Saini Enclave Park in Anand Vihar’s Bhartendu Harish Chandra Marg Anand Vihar of East Delhi along with local Residents’ Welfare Association members and BJP workers, a party leader said on Saturday.
The programme will be broadcast across the entire Akashvani and Doordarshan network, the AIR News website, and the Newsonair mobile app.
It will also be live-streamed on the YouTube channels of AIR News, DD News, the PMO, and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Akashvani will broadcast the programme in regional languages immediately after the Hindi broadcast, an official statement said.
On July 26, Malhotra after listening to PM Modi’s monthly radio show observed silence and paid tribute to the soldiers who were martyred in the Kargil War.
Speaking to the media on the occasion, the Delhi BJP President described ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme as inspiring and said that on Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Prime Minister respectfully paid homage to the brave martyrs and soldiers of the country and remembered their indomitable courage and sacrifice.
Malhotra said that while highlighting India’s growing defence capabilities and self-reliance, the Prime Minister described the successful trials of INS Mahendragiri, the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket, and the Kusha missile as major achievements of the country’s scientific and strategic capabilities.
The Delhi BJP President had listened to the radio show along with BJP National General Secretary Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, Odisha MP Balabhadra Majhi, Yuva Morcha President Rajat Chaudhary, Office Secretary Kailash Jain, Amit Gupta, and hundreds of young party workers.
Rajan Tiwari, State Convenor of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme, had said that 6,450 ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programmes were organised across Delhi on July 26.
On that occasion, Delhi BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Pawan Rana listened to the programme with party workers in the Outer Delhi district; State General Secretary Vishnu Mittal with workers in Delhi Gate Ward; General Secretary Yogita Singh with youth in Kalkaji; and General Secretary Mohan Lal Gihara in Madipur Ward.
BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri had listened to the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme in Aya Nagar Ward; Kamaljeet Sehrawat in Amberhai village; Bansuri Swaraj, along with Rajya Sabha MP Alka Gurjar, Satish Poonia and BJP workers, in Sarojini Nagar; and MP Swati Maliwal in the Minto Road area.
–IANS
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