New Delhi:
A image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his Kolkata stop by has received practically 1 million likes on Facebook in much less than a period of 24 hours.
The Prime Minister was in Kolkata yesterday to spend tribute to freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary.
“Reached Kolkata to pay tributes to Netaji Bose,” reads the caption on the image, which has so far received more than 1 million likes, 14,000 shares and 47,000 comments.
PM Narendra Modi at Netaji Bhawan, Kolkata
The Prime Minister 1st visited the Netaji Bhawan and later shared stage with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for an occasion organised to spend tributes to Subhash Chandra Bose.
At the Netaji Bhawan, the Prime Minister was provided a tour by the freedom fighter’s grand nephews, Sugato Bose and his brother Sumantro Bose, news agency Press Trust of India reported. He was also accompanied by West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
PM Narendra Modi paying tributes to Subhash Chandra Bose at Netaji Bhawan, Kolkata
PM Modi was shown the “Wanderer car” made use of by Netaji. He was also provided a fast walkthrough of the museum, which homes the photographs of the Azad Hind Fauj and the table made use of by Netaji in Singapore.
Later, at an occasion at the city’s Victoria Memorial Hall, PM Modi delivered an address and mentioned that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose would have been proud to see that the nation has turn into sturdy and is following his footsteps from the Line of Control (LoC) to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).