From Taapsee Pannu To Rangoli Chandel: B-Town Reacts To PM Narendra Modi's Initiative To Light Diyas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, through a video message for the citizens of India in which he urged everyone to switch off all lights in the house for nine minutes and instead light candles an
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
on
Friday,
through
a
video
message,
urged
the
citizens
of
India
to
switch
off
all
lights
in
the
house
for
nine
minutes
on
April
5
at
9
PM
and
light
candles
and
diyas.
B-town,
in
response,
took
to
social
media
and
applauded
the
gesture.
"On
April
5,
Sunday,
at
9
pm,
I
want
your
9
minutes.
At
9
pm,
turn
off
all
the
lights
in
your
homes
and
light
diyas
or
candles,"
PM
Modi
had
stated
in
the
video.
Filmmaker
Hansal
Mehta
praised
PM
by
sharing
the
link
to
a
video
of
the
song
'Diya
Jalao
Jagmag'.
He
also
tweeted,
"Homage
to
our
PM
Narendra
Modi." On
the
other
hand,
actress
Taapsee
Pannu
reacted
to
PM's
video
message
in
an
unusual
way,
she
wrote,
"New
task
is
here
!
Yay
yay
yayy
!!!"
Rangoli
Chandel
tweeted,
"Lighting
Diyas
is
a
very
good
gesture,
diya
creates
an
ethereal
aura
which
is
very
calming
and
effective,
to
show
each
other
our
support
let's
do
this,
I
love
how
@narendramodi
ji
also
focuses
on
our
emotional
needs
and
tries
to
heal
us
in
every
way
....
Jai
Shri
Ram..." and
followed
the
post
with
another
tweet
praising
PM
Nadrenda
Modi.
"very
fortunate
to
have
a
leader
like
@narendramodi
ji,after
today's
PM
speech
I
am
very
confident
we
will
win
the
fight
against
Corona,
let's
all
light
diyas
Sunday
9pm,to
mark
our
togetherness
and
love
for
each
other
and
this
nation,
anti
national
ki
phat
chuki
hai,
ignore
them,"
Rangoli
added.
Prasoon
Joshi
took
to
his
social
media
in
support
of
the
initiative
and
dedicated
his
own
poem
talking
about
the
importance
of
the
gesture.
He
tweeted,
"Let's
support
PM
@narendramodi's
call
to
fight
the
darkness
of
disease
and
despair
by
igniting
the
light
of
hope
in
us.
Dedicating
my
poem
to
this
cause
#IndiaFightsCorona"
The
novel
Coronavirus,
also
known
as
COVID-19,
has
infected
over
2,000
people
in
the
country
and
killed
more
than
50
with
the
number
only
growing
by
the
day.