PM Modi responds to Israel's 'ye dosti hum nahi todenge'! wish on Friendship Day
New Delhi, Aug 4: Israel greeted India on friendship day with a Twitter message that featured popular Bollywood song "yeh dosti" from the movie Sholay, drawing an equally warm response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who asserted that the bond between the two countries is "strong and eternal".
"Happy #FriendshipDay2019 India! May our ever strengthening friendship & growing partnership touch greater heights," the Israeli embassy here tweeted on Sunday.
It had a short montage on various meetings between Modi and his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu with the music of the song on friendship from the 1975 hit movie "Sholay", starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Hema Malini, playing in the background.
The message had lyrics of the song ‘yeh dosti hum nahi todenge’ in Hindi and emoticons conveying that Israel loves India.
Modi responded with a tweet in Hebrew saying, India and Israel have proved their friendship over time.
"Thank you and wishing a Happy Friendship Day to Israel's wonderful citizens and my good friend (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."
"India and Israel are time tested friends. Our bond is strong and eternal! May the friendship between our nations grow and prosper even more in the times to come!" he said.
Both Modi and Netanyahu are know to share a great chemistry which is visible in bilateral meetings.
Netanyahu, who failed to form a coalition after the April polls, plans to visit India ahead of the repeat elections in September.
Modi visited Israel in July 2017, the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 70 years.
During the historic visit, the warmth between Modi and Netanyahu, also known as Bibi, was apparent.
Happy #FriendshipDay2019 India!
— Israel in India (@IsraelinIndia) August 4, 2019
May our ever strengthening friendship & #growingpartnership touch greater heights.
??? ये दोस्ती हम नहीं तोड़ेंगे..... ??❤?? pic.twitter.com/BQDv8QnFVj
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 4, 2019
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K'taka bypolls: 11.87 percent voter turnout in Bagalkot, 9.01 percent in Davanagere South till 9 am
Bengaluru (PTI): In the first two hours since voting began for bypolls to two Bagalkot and Davanagere South assembly constituencies, the voter turnout stood at 11.87 percent and 9.01 percent, respectively, on Thursday.
The voting for the bypolls in two constituencies necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, began at 7 am, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said.
While the Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP is aiming to wrest them and deliver a setback to the ruling party, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
Officials said elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of bypolls.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
Samarth’s father, S S Mallikarjun, is a minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet and in charge of Davanagere district, while his mother, Prabha Mallikarjun, is a Member of Parliament from the region.
In the 2023 Assembly elections, H Y Meti defeated BJP’s Charantimath by a margin of 5,878 votes in Bagalkot, while Shivashankarappa defeated BJP’s B G Ajay Kumar by 27,888 votes in Davanagere South.
