Millions
of people switched off non-essential lights and lit diyas (earthen lamps) and
candles in their balconies and verandas yesterday (April 05, 2020) night
following a call from Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi to "challenge the
darkness spread by the coronavirus crisis".
President
Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Mr. Venkaiah Naidu and their respective
families also lit lamps outside their homes, as did the Union Ministers.
The
chief ministers of several states, including Kerala (Mr. Pinarayii Vijayan), Tamil
Nadu (Mr. E Palaniswami), Uttar Pradesh (Mr. Yogi Adityanath), Bihar (Nitish
Kumar), Uttarakhand (Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat) and Telangana (Mr. K
Chandrashekar Rao), also lit diyas, as did Lok Sabha Speaker Mr. Om Birla and
former Andhra Chief Minister Mr. N Chandrababu.
The
entire event led to #9MinutesForIndia emerging as one of the top trends on
Twitter.
This
was the second "collective display" to show unity in the fight
against the virus requested by the Prime Minister since the lockdown started.
He had earlier asked people to stand in balconies and clap, for five minutes at
5 pm to celebrate medical staff in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
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