National Girl Child Day 2018: Narendra Modi, Virender Sehwag Salute Daughters of India

24th January is celebrated as National Girl Child Day every year in India. The celebrations took place to offer added support and new opportunities to the girls and to propagate the concept of gender equality in the nation. Every girl child in the country is as important as their male counterparts in shaping our future. To boost and cherish the day, many eminent personalities took to the social media forum for expressing their thoughts and views. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag, Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee and many more tweeted to wish and enrich the act more vigorously.

They took the platform to celebrate and take initiative to upsurge awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by girl children in the society like inequality in education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, protection, honour, child marriage and so many.

We salute the skills, strengths and fortitude of the girl child.

We are proud of the accomplishments of the girl child in various fields. #NationalGirlChildDay pic.twitter.com/7icXo4lUQV

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 24, 2018

National Girl Child Day celebrates the splendid achievements of the girl child and also challenges gender-based stereotypes.

Let every girl child be cherished and given equal opportunities to shine forth in her life.#NationalGirlChildDay #GirlRising #Equality @MinistryWCD pic.twitter.com/PsZyX1GDCC

— Suresh Prabhu (@sureshpprabhu) January 24, 2018

It's time to eradicate discrimination and spread equality. Celebrate the girl child. Beti Bachao, Jeevan Sajaao ! #NationalGirlChildDay pic.twitter.com/fRUt1ZpEJ7

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 24, 2018

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Today is National Girl Child Day. We are proud of our Kanyashree girls. Our scheme for the girl child is an international model now. My best wishes to all

— Mamata Banerjee (@Ma