PM Modi greets Arvind Kejriwal 'Happy Birthday', wishes many years of serving common people in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to wish him happy birthday while praying for his good health and many years of serving the common people in India. As per the Delhi government sources, Prime Minister Modi sent the letter to Kejriwal and prayed for his good health and happiness.

"Kindly accept my heartiest best wishes on your birthday. May god grant you good health and happiness and you continue to serve the common people of the country for many years to come with same goodwill as now," the letter read.

Modi also extended his best wishes to the AAP leader on Twitter and said, "Birthday greetings to Delhi CM Shri @ArvindKejriwal. Praying for his good health and long life". The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor, who turned 51 on Friday, responded by thanking the prime minister. "Thank u so much PM sir for ur good wishes," Kejriwal tweeted.

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Thank u so much PM sir for ur good wishes https://t.co/JbuberQQRD

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 16, 2019

Kejriwal had been a vocal critic of Modi and had lashed out at him on several occasions during his first term as the prime minister. However, the chief minister has not publicly attacked Modi since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government for a second term in May, 2019.