Politicians across the country on Friday, 2 March, extended their greetings to the people on the occasion of Holi, the festival of colours.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi were some of the prominent names who took to Twitter to wish Indians on the occasion of the festival.
Here are some Holi greetings from India’s top political leadership:
https://x.com/rashtrapatibhvn/status/969384294824235008
https://x.com/narendramodi/status/969386406303875073
https://x.com/VPSecretariat/status/969408451473416192
https://x.com/OfficeOfRG/status/969191960723578882
https://x.com/nitin_gadkari/status/969409628772724737
https://x.com/arunjaitley/status/969392194154098689
https://x.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/969391558364721152
https://x.com/sureshpprabhu/status/969187942638989312
https://x.com/myogiadityanath/status/969463503420616704
Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India, Pakistan and Nepal, and is also known as the “festival of colours” or the “festival of love”. It also marks the end of winter.
According to Hindu religion, Holi is a celebration of the victory of good over evil and is held a day after the symbolic burning of an effigy of Holika, the sister of demon king Hiranyakashipu who tried to kill her nephew Prahlad for his devotion to Lord Narayana.