Independence Day 2022: Amit Shah, Kiren Rijiju & Others Extend Greetings To The Nation

Shah tweeted, "Today is a day to be proud of India's culture, vibrant democratic tradition and achievements of 75 years. I salute the brave soldiers who sacrificed everything for India's defence".

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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New Delhi: Union home minister Amit Shah extended wishes on India's 76th Independence Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the country on wishing the nation on Monday. Shah tweeted in Hindi, "Today is a day to be proud of India's culture, vibrant democratic tradition and achievements of 75 years. I salute the brave soldiers who sacrificed everything for the defense of the country." 

76वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस की शुभकामनाएं।

आज भारत की संस्कृति,जीवंत लोकतांत्रिक परंपरा व 75 साल की उपलब्धियों पर गर्व करने का दिन है।

खुद को तिल-तिल जलाकर देश में आजादी का सूर्योदय करने वाले स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों व देश की रक्षा हेतु सर्वस्व अर्पण करने वाले वीर जवानों को नमन करता हूँ। pic.twitter.com/fePDKYEl6L

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) August 15, 2022

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also paid homage to everyone who sacrificed for the nation's independence. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi wrote, "To India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service.”
 

“To India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service.”

Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind.#IndiaAt75 pic.twitter.com/J6slzNxJYo

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 15, 2022

Other political personalities, business leaders and dignitaries are also extending their wishes on the occasion. Union minister Piyush Goyal also greeted the nation on the country's 75th anniversary of independence. 

भारत की स्वतंत्रता के आज 75 वर्ष पूर्ण होने पर सभी देशवासियों को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

आइये, PM @NarendraModi जी के आह्वान पर अमृत काल के अगले 25 वर्षों में हम सब एकजुट होकर, आत्मनिर्भर भारत के मार्ग पर आगे बढ़ते हुए, इसे मजबूत व विकसित राष्ट्र बनाने में अपना बहुमूल्य योगदान दें। pic.twitter.com/B13eh3yV1U

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) August 15, 2022

Union minister Smriti Irani also extended wishes to the nation. 

आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव वर्ष पर आप सभी देशवासियों को स्वाधीनता के महापर्व 'स्वतंत्रता दिवस' की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।

जय हिंद ॥

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— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) August 15, 2022

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju extended greetings on Monday by hoisting the National Flag. Rijiju tweeted, "Hoisted National Flag at Residence Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Indian Brothers & Sisters." 

Hoisted National Flag at Residence
Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Indian Brothers & Sisters 🇮🇳#IndiaAt75 #IndependenceDay #स्वतंत्रतादिवस #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #JaiHind pic.twitter.com/jSxh3izIpl

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 15, 2022

Business leader Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw also saluted the fore fathers who fought for our freedom. In her greeting, she tweeted, "We owe it to them to make our country inclusive and equitable in terms of economic opportunities and economic prosperity. "

As the dawn breaks to celebrate our 75th Independence Day I salute our fore fathers who fought for our freedom. We owe it to them to make our country inclusive and equitable in terms of economic opportunities and economic prosperity. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/MNAUvyf8KL

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) August 15, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hoisted the national flag from the iconic Red Fort to receive a ‘Rashtriya Salute’. Modi will deliver ninth consecutive Independence Day speech in the customary address to the nation.

In order to commemorate 75 years of independence, multiple initiatives have been taken by the Centre to involve the mass like the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign.

The spirit of the platinum jubilee is reflected by the celebratory motto 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" is the government's initiative to mark 75 years of India's Independence, a tribute to freedom fighters and freedom struggle. A series of events are being organised across the country to mark the occasion.

The Mughal-era fort has a multi-layered security cover with more than 10,000 security personnel deployed at the venue. Around 7,000 invitees will arrive at the Red Fort and a five-kilometre area around the Red Fort has been marked as a "no kite flying zone'' till the tricolour is hoisted.

Security cover has been beefed up across the national capital and forces are on high alert to thwart any untoward incident as police have intensified patrolling and deployed extra pickets at vital installations based on intelligence inputs received via central agencies.