In 2014, Modi celebrated the festival with security personals in Siachen and in 2016 he spent the day of Diwali with ITBP jawans in Himanchal Pradesh and Punjab.
He said soldiers who leave the armed forces after completing their duty tenure "can become excellent yoga trainers".
In 2015, PM Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers in Amritsar at Dogra war memorial.
He spoke about the implementation of One Rank, One Pension, which has been pending for decades.
He said, "I have an opportunity to spend the festival of Diwali with you".
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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for spending Diwali in Gurez along the Line of Control (LoC) and urged him to gift mobile connectivity to the people of the area on the festive occasion. We exchanged candies & interacted.
"Our Forces protect our Motherland with utmost valour, displaying highest traditions of sacrifice and dedication", he added.
Sources said defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman will celebrate Diwali with troops in Andaman and Nicobar and Army chief General Bipin Rawat is in Uri to celebrate Diwali. I was happy when the officers of the army said do not worry and if you want to divide it in four parts, do it because we do not want to become a burden on the nation. President Trump said he greatly valued his "very strong relationship" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The prime minister arrived at the Dawar Brigade headquarters of the Army in the border town of Gurez, some 130 km from Srinagar, in north Kashmir's Bandipore district.
It seems like celebrating Diwali with the soldiers is an excuse like it is, in fact, the PM is trying to do this so that by doing so on the outskirts of the family, encouraging the soldiers away from the family. We are all one family, and it is a great feeling to celebrate Diwali among family members.
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