PM Modi reaches Jaisalmer, to celebrate Diwali with jawans at Longewala border

Continuing the tradition of spending Diwali with soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate the festival with the soldiers of the Western border today. He will be accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Rakesh Asthana and Army Chief MM Naravane during celebrations at Longewala, originally a BSF Post and a strategic point en route to capturing vast tracts of land and also a pivotal theatre of war in engaging India on the western front during the 1971 War. 

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