Modi addresses troops at Bastar Diwali event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed security personnel during a Diwali celebration programme held in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at a Diwali celebration programme alongside security personnel stationed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi honoured security personnel at a Diwali event in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, spending the festival with jawans deployed in the region. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Marking Diwali 2026 alongside deployed troops, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Deepawali with security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, addressing the gathering at the special programme. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a Diwali celebration programme with security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, addressing jawans posted in the area. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Bastar, Chhattisgarh — a region with a long standing security presence — to celebrate Diwali 2026 with deployed forces on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a speech to security jawans at a Diwali celebration in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on Sunday, 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Diwali 2026 with security teams stationed in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, addressing them at a formal celebration programme on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Security personnel attended a Diwali celebration programme alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh celebrated Deepawali alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an official programme on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Deployed security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh marked Diwali 2026 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a celebration event on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined security personnel at a Diwali celebration function in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, participating in the festive programme. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present at a Diwali celebration event with security corps in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, hosted for troops deployed in the region. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Diwali 2026 visit to Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026 was seen as a morale boosting gesture for security forces deployed in the district. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitated jawans at a Diwali programme in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, spending the festive occasion with forces posted in the sensitive region. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on Sunday, 8 November 2026, marking the festival alongside troops in the field. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Diwali 2026 with security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, underlining the Centre's recognition of forces serving in challenging postings. (Photo: NationPress/PMO)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed security personnel at a Diwali celebration in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Video Grab)

Video footage shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at a Diwali programme with security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Video Grab)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a Diwali celebration programme with security personnel in Bastar, Chhattisgarh on 8 November 2026, marking the festival with jawans deployed across the district. (Photo: NationPress/Video Grab)