PM Narendra Modi to lead 78th I-Day event, 6,000 special guests invited
New Delhi, August 14
PM Narendra Modi will lead the nation in celebrating the 78th Independence Day from the historic Red Fort in Delhi tomorrow. He will unfurl the national flag and deliver the customary address from the ramparts of the iconic monument. The theme of this year’s Independence Day is ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047’, the Ministry of Defence said.
With an aim to increase public participation in this festival of national fervour, around 6,000 special guests, including the Indian contingent which took part in the recently-concluded Paris Olympics has also been invited to participate in the celebrations at Red Fort.
Nearly 2,000 people from various states and Union Territories, dressed in traditional attire, have also been invited to witness the ceremony. A total of 3,000 winners of different online competitions, organised by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with MyGov and Akashvani, will join in.
Other invitees include people from different walks of life, categorised as youth, tribal community, farmers, women and other special guests, who have excelled in various fields with the help of various government schemes and initiatives. — TNS
