Celebrate accomplishments of the country’s women: Deepika

New Delhi: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is the latest to join the bandwagon reverberating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ movement and his call to citizens to outline the achievements of India’s ‘daughters’ on this festival of lights — Diwali.
After ace shuttler PV Sindhu, Deepika on Sunday shared a two-minute clip on Twitter that highlighted the need to give voice to the accomplishments of daughters.
Featuring glimpses of Sindhu and Padukone, the video ends with the PM pressing on the need to bring out the undiscovered inspiration stories of women achievers around us and propagate the message around using #BharatKiLaxmi.
“This Diwali, let us throw light on & celebrate the contribution & accomplishments of the women of our country! #BharatKiLaxmi,” Deepika tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Sindhu also announced her support for PM Modi and tweeted, “Societies grow when women are empowered and their accomplishments are given a place of pride! I support PM @narendramodi ji #BharatKiLaxmi movement. It celebrates extraordinary achievements of extraordinary women of India. This Diwali, let’s celebrate womanhood.” During the 57th episode of his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, announced the commencement of the campaign during Diwali and called on citizens to outline the achievements of ‘daughters’ of the country using BharatKiLaxmi hashtag.