PM Modi to share message with nation on Tuesday evening

Modi has addressed the nation a number of times during the COVID-19 crisis in which he has spoken about various measures.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 6 pm on  Tuesday.

Urging people to hear the address, he said in a tweet, “Will be sharing a message with my fellow citizens at 6 PM this evening.”

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आज शाम 6 बजे राष्ट्र के नाम संदेश दूंगा। आप जरूर जुड़ें।

Will be sharing a message with my fellow citizens at 6 PM this evening.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 20, 2020

Modi has addressed the nation a number of times during the COVID-19 crisis in which he has spoken about various measures, including lockdown, being taken to curb the pandemic and also announced economic and welfare packages.

It will be his seventh address to the nation since the pandemic’s outbreak.

The prime minister has often taken to televised address to announce major decisions or developments.

In his last such address, he had on June 30 announced extension of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), a programme to provide free ration for over 80 crore people, mostly poor, by five more months till November end.