After the clapping done in support for the healthcare staff among others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now urged thepublic to light up a candle or diya on April 5 at 9 pm to ward off the darkness gloomed by COVID-19. He said, “This Sunday, 5th April we have to challenge the COVID-19 pandemic, we have to introduce it to the power of light,” PM Modi said in an address to the nation.A”We have to take Mahasankalp (the supreme oath) by 130 crore citizens to new heights. I want your 9 minutes at 9 p.m. on April 5″.
So far, Modi has addressed the nation twice on the pandemic; one on March 19 and March 24. He declared ‘Janta Curfew’ on March 22 and on March 24, he had announced the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the COVID-19 spread.
