Happy Raksha Bandhan: From PM Modi to BSF jawans — Here’s how India celebrated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Raksha Bandhan with a few students tying ‘rakhis’ on his wrist to mark the day at his residence, 7, LKM in Delhi. Several other political leaders celebrated the day in unique ways. Here’s a quick glimpse of how India celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan this year:
2. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla celebrated Raksha Bandhan with families of people who died of COVID-19. Birla was in his constituency Kota and met women who had lost her family members, including brothers, of their families to COVID.
4. Piyush Goyal celebrated with Pakistan Hindu women refugees. Acording to news agency, women, with citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, tied rakhi to Goyal.
5. People from the transgender community tied ‘Rakhi’ to West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Transgender activist and Member of ATHB (Association of Transgender/Hijra in Bengal) Ranjita Sinha said, “…We thank the Governor of West Bengal for inviting us on the festival of Raksha Bandhan…He assured us that the transgender community will also be provided security.”
6. President Droupadi Murmu met students of government schools from different states at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jayant Chaudhary were also present.
7. Border Security Force (BSF) jawans posted at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab’s Amritsar, celebrated the festival with women and children on Monday. On this occasion, women and children tied Rakhis and offered sweets to the personnel.
8. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, took to social media to wish the country on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan this year. He also shared a warm photo of himself with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Brothers and sisters are partners in struggle and companions in creating memories, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on ‘Raksha Bandhan’ on Monday as she posted on ‘X’ a collage of pictures with her brother Rahul Gandhi.