Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli lead sports fraternity in wishing PM Narendra Modi on 69th birthday

Bengaluru: India cricket captain Virat Kohli, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and several other sportspersons took to Twitter to wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi a very happy birthday.

PM Modi turned 69 today (September 17). #HappyBdayPMModi, #happybirthdaynarendramodi, #HappyBirthdayPM, #NarendraModiBirthday were trending on Twitter on Tuesday.

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Kohli, who is in Mohali for the second T20I against South Africa, wished good health and success to PM Modi.

“Wishing our honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji a very happy birthday. Wish you all the good health and success in your pursuit of taking our nation to greater heights. 🇮🇳🙏🏼 @PMOIndia,” Kohli tweeted to his 31 million-plus followers.

Wishing our honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji a very happy birthday. Wish you all the good health and success in your pursuit of taking our nation to greater heights. 🇮🇳🙏🏼 @PMOIndia

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 17, 2019

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Tendulkar hailed Modi for his vision and inspiring all. “Happy Birthday Hon. PM @narendramodi  ji. Your vision for a healthier and cleaner India is an inspiration for all. May you always be blessed with good health in life,” he wrote.

Happy Birthday Hon. PM @narendramodi ji. Your vision for a healthier and cleaner India is an inspiration for all.
May you always be blessed with good health in life.

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 17, 2019

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Former India batsman VVS Laxman wrote, “Wishing honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji a very very happy birthday. Wishing you great health and best wishes in your pursuit of making India reach greater heights.”

Wishing honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji a very very happy birthday. Wishing you great health and best wishes in your pursuit of making India reach greater heights.

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) September 17, 2019

Indian sprinter Hima Das wrote, “Wishing a very happy birthday to our honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi  ji. I pray for your long and healthy life.”

Wishing a very happy birthday to our honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji. I pray for your long and healthy life. pic.twitter.com/xpfmwcnhwH

— Hima MON JAI (@HimaDas8) September 17, 2019

संसद और माँ को एक ही दर्जा दिया है, सिर्फ उनके सामने अपना सर झुकाया है, ऐसे प्रधानमंत्री पर हमें अभिमान है, नरेन्द्र मोदी जी देश के सम्मान हैं.
प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ. pic.twitter.com/dgDvpHCFG8

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) September 17, 2019

Happy birthday sir @narendramodi May you continue to inspire us all🙏🙏..wish you long and healthy life.. #happybirthdaynarendramodi #HappyBirthdayPM

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 17, 2019

Happy Birthday to our respected and honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji.. Thank you for all your efforts towards making our country greater than ever, sir. 🙏

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) September 17, 2019

जो खुद के लिए नहीं, देश की माटी की रक्षा और सम्मान के लिए जीते हैं और सबको प्रेरित करते हैं।
भारत माँ के ऐसे लाल यशस्वी पीएम @NarendraModi जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं।💐

ईश्वर आपको दीर्घायु और उत्तम स्वास्थ्य दे। आपके नेतृत्व में देश ऐतिहासिक विकास को कृत संकल्पित है। 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Aq7OHlPOyB

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) September 17, 2019