The BJP is celebrating Modi's birthday as 'Seva Saptah' starting September 14. The party has announced that several social initiatives will be undertaken by the party leaders across the nation during this week-long period .
Opposition party leaders including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee extended greetings to the PM.
"Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi has extended her greetings to Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on his Birthday. She wished him a healthy, happy and long life," the Congress party wrote on Twitter.
"Hearty congratulations and best wishes to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday, and a prayer for his long life," BSP Supremo Mayawati wrote in Hindi on Twitter.
Modi will be spending the day in his home state of Gujarat. He had received a warm welcome upon his arrival in Ahmedabad on Monday night.
Several ministers and senior BJP leaders took to social media to wish the Prime Minister. Furthermore, hashtags related to Modi's birthday also trended on Twitter.
As part of the week-long 'Seva Saptah' which started on September 14, the BJP had announced that several social initiatives will be undertaken by its party leaders across the nation during this period.