Fever FM’s support to nine-minutes campaign wins PM Modi’s approval

Fever FM’s post in support of the Sunday lights out activity was retweeted by PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has retweeted a post by Fever FM in support of his appeal to light diyas, candles, lamps or torches while putting out the electric lights for nine-minutes at 9 pm on Sunday and added that the country stood united in the fight against coronavirus.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to switch off lights of their homes at 9 pm for nine minutes on April 5 and light up lamps, candles, mobile flashlights to display the nation's collective spirit to defeat coronavirus. (ANI Photo)

Fever FM had posted a minute-long recording of responses from its listeners from different walks of lives and regions as they pledged their support to the campaign initiated by the prime minister while encouraging others to do the same.

Fever FM had broadcast PM’s message delivered on Friday which said India needed to spread light to fight the darkness spread by coronavirus pandemic. He also said that we needed to resolve in the light spread out by our collective effort that we were not alone at this moment.

The clip posted by Fever FM carried messages from a female teacher from Delhi, a police constable from Haryana, a farmer from Bihar, and an engineer from Mumbai.

All the callers pledged to light a candle to support the PM’s initiative.

In a tweet on Saturday, Fever FM had asked its listeners to participate in the call given by the prime minister.

“As Honorable PM @narendramodi ji calls on us, on the 5th of April at 9 PM let’s switch off to connect with the nation to carry on the fight against Corona with renewed courage and hope. Let’s switch off and light up,” its tweet said.

Prime minister has responded individually to several messages of support from common citizens and celebrities on Sunday.