Canada PM Justin Trudeau extends Diwali wishes

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau participates in a virtual Diwali celebration by lighting up a ceremonial lamp from his office in Parliament Hill. He also extended his warm wishes on the occasion.

Ottawa: Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau participated in a virtual annual Diwali celebration by lighting up a ceremonial lamp from his office in Parliament Hill.

• Diwali reminds us that truth, light, and goodness will always prevail. To celebrate that hopeful message and mark this important festival, I joined a virtual celebration earlier this evening. Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating! pic.twitter.com/2xLrqPW68u

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  Diwali reminds us that truth, light, and goodness will always prevail. To celebrate that hopeful message and mark this important festival, I joined a virtual celebration earlier this evening. Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating! pic.twitter.com/2xLrqPW68u

  — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 13, 2020

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  Diwali reminds us that truth, light, and goodness will always prevail. To celebrate that hopeful message and mark this important festival, I joined a virtual celebration earlier this evening. Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating! pic.twitter.com/2xLrqPW68u

  — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) November 13, 2020

In a Twitter post, he also extended warm wishes on the occasion.

"Diwali reminds us that truth, light, and goodness will always prevail. To celebrate that hopeful message and mark this important festival, I joined a virtual celebration earlier this evening. Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating!" Trudeau tweeted.

A host of prominent Canadian politicians joined the celebration, including the Leader of the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, Conservative Erin O’Toole, who also lit a Diya.

This was the 20th year of the annual event that first took place in 1998 and was started by late MP Deepak Obhrai, to bring Diwali to Parliament Hill, the seat of power in Canada.

Thanking Trudeau for being “gracious” in joining the online festivity, India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Ajay Bisaria in a tweet said, “Diwali is now so much a Canadian festival!”

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