Women's Day: PM Modi to interact with 'Nari Shakti' awardees
New Delhi, Mar 07: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with "Nari Shakti" awardees and his Twitter account will be handled by women achievers to mark International Women's Day on Sunday, the Prime Minister's Office has said.
The interaction will take place after President Ram Nath Kovind gives away the "Nari Shakti" awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday morning.
"Prime Minister's Twitter account would be handled by women achievers tomorrow on the occasion of International Women's Day," the statement said on Saturday.
The "Nari Shakti" awards are given annually to individuals, groups, institutions in recognition of their exceptional work towards the cause of women empowerment, especially for vulnerable and marginalised women.
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Modi had on Tuesday said he would be handing over his accounts on various social media platforms to women who inspire.
"This
Women's
Day
(March
8),
I
will
give
away
my
social
media
accounts
to
women
whose
life
&
work
inspire
us.
This
will
help
them
ignite
motivation
in
millions,"
he
had
tweeted.
The
prime
minister
has
accounts
on
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
and
YouTube.
The
prime
minister
is
one
of
the
most-followed
world
leaders
on
social
media
with
53.3
million
followers
on
Twitter,
44
million
on
Facebook
and
35.2
million
on
Instagram.
The Twitter handle of the Prime Minister's Office has 32 million followers. In September 2019, PM Modi was the third-most followed world leader on the microblogging site, behind only US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama.
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The Prime Minister was the first Indian to cross the 50-million followers mark on Twitter.