New Delhi: People turned off the lights of their houses and lighted earthen lamps across the country on Sunday night, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘9 pm, 9-min’ appeal to defeat the coronavirus in the country.
Adhering to PM Modi’s appeal, people switched off lights and lit diyas and candles to express solidarity with doctors and nurses, who are working round the clock for Corona+ patients, keeping their own life in danger.
PM Modi had requested everyone to switch off all lights of their houses today at ‘9 pm for 9 minutes’ and just light candles or ‘diyas’ to mark the fight against coronavirus, which has claimed 83 lives in the country so far.
शुभं करोति कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसंपदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तुते ॥ pic.twitter.com/4DeiMsCN11— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2020
This comes days after the people had come out in their balconies and clapped and clanged utensils to express their gratitude to medical professionals — who are at the forefront of the country’s fight against coronavirus.
PM Modi lit the Diya at his residence
शुभं करोति कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसंपदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तुते ॥ pic.twitter.com/4DeiMsCN11— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2020
#WATCH Delhi: PM Narendra Modi lights a lamp after turning off all lights at his residence. India switched off all the lights for 9 minutes at 9 PM today & just lit a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus as per his appeal. pic.twitter.com/9PVHDlOARw
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
PM Modi’s mother lights up earthen lamp
Gujarat: Mother of PM Modi, Heeraben, lights an earthen lamp after turning off all lights at her residence. India switched off all the lights for 9 minutes at 9 PM today & just lit a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus as per PM’s appeal. pic.twitter.com/qPQqXAB6Jf
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
Amit Shah switches off lights, lights up earthen lamp
Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah lights earthen lamps after turning off all lights at his residence. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes,& just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/J8HvaGCfCL
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
BJP President lit diya at his residence
Delhi: BJP President JP Nadda turns off all the lights of his residence & lights earthen lamps. PM had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, & just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/jnvexQtBiZ
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
Many ministers joined #9Baje9Minute campaign
?Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari lighting lamps with his family members at Nagpur residence.#9baje9minute #9pm9minutes #Report:Dhananjay pic.twitter.com/GHcj4xoEPE
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) April 5, 2020
Delhi: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan lights an earthen lamp, to show support for the call by PM Modi to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes&just light candles, ‘diyas’ or mobile’s flashlight, to mark the fight against #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/4QhZVogrq5
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
At home, 9 pm: lighting diyas for some moments of mindfulness and thinking of our community, even as we work day and night as one nation: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/tDTvbiKlpo
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
State CMs too joined Diya initiative against Covid-19
Lucknow: UP CM Yogi Adityanath lights earthen lamps to form an ‘Om’, at his residence. PM Modi had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/QXrj2oTsVu
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 5, 2020
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao lit up a candle. Several Union Ministers and other politicians too participated in the exercise. In West Bengal, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar turned off all the lights of his residence and lit earthen lamps.
Telanagana: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao light up a candle following the call of PM Modi to switch off all the lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, ‘diya’, or mobile’s flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/fPFN20vciF
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
#9Baj9Minute in Mumbai & Bangalore
Skyline in Mumbai before (pic 1) & after (pic 2) the residents turned off the lights of their houses. PM Modi had appealed to India to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes, & just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to mark India’s fight against #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/KVmQt1Ngqj
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
#WATCH Karnataka: People have turned off the lights of their houses in Bengaluru, following the appeal of PM Modi to switch off all lights of houses today at 9 PM for 9 minutes&just light a candle, ‘diya’ or mobile’s flashlight, to mark the fight against #Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/L4gWRnYA9m
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2020
