{"id":323463,"date":"2020-05-25T04:21:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T04:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323463"},"modified":"2020-05-25T05:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T05:21:40","slug":"president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-nation-on-eid-ul-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-pm-modi-greet-nation-on-eid-ul-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind, PM Modi greet nation on Eid-ul-Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305552 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi.jpg 767w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-696x461.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/kovind-modi-634x420.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/>President Ram Nath Kovid and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended their greeting on Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cEid Mubarak! This festival is an expression of love, fraternity, peace &amp; harmony. Eid reaffirms our belief in sharing with &amp; caring for the vulnerable &amp; needy. Let us carry the spirit of giving (Zakaat) on this Eid and follow social distancing norms to contain coronavirus spread,\u201d President Kovind tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cEid Mubarak! Greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr. May this special occasion further the spirit of compassion, brotherhood and harmony. May everyone be healthy and prosperous.\u201d PM Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu also posted his Eid message on Twitter and called for social distancing and celebrations at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI extend my warm greetings and good wishes to the people of our country on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. #EidUlFitr follows weeks of fasting and marks the end of the holy month of Ramzan. It is an occasion for families and communities to come together. #EidMubarak,\u201d Naidu said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe festival fortifies the spirit of compassion, charity and generosity in our society. As we are facing unprecedented challange in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, I appeal to everyone to celebrate #Eid at home and follow safe distancing,\u201d Naidu added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Vice President further said, \u201cI hope that all of us will celebrate the festival by keeping alive the spirit of joy, compassion and mutual respect that underlies the pious occasion. May the noble ideals associated with #EidUlFitr usher in health, peace, prosperity and harmony in our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ram Nath Kovid and Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended their greeting on Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday. \u201cEid Mubarak! This festival is an expression of love, fraternity, peace &amp; harmony. Eid reaffirms our belief in sharing with &amp; caring for the vulnerable &amp; needy. Let us carry the spirit of giving (Zakaat) on this Eid and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":305552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[2577,316,1452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323464,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323463\/revisions\/323464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/305552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}