PM Modi greets people on Diwali, hopes for ‘brightness and happiness’

New Delhi, November 14

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on Diwali on Saturday.

"Best wishes to all countrymen on Diwali. Wishing everyone a Happy Diwali! May this festival further brightness and happiness. May everyone be prosperous and healthy," he tweeted.

Diwali is being celebrated across the country on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Modi also paid tribute to the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. 

Born in 1889, the Congress stalwart remains India's longest serving prime minister.  "My humble tributes to the country's first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary," Modi tweeted. — PTI