Himanta Biswa Sarma donating blood at GMCH on Saturday. Image credit: Twitter

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday morning donated blood at Guwahati Medical College & Hospital as a part of state governmentโ€™s initiatives to observe โ€˜seva saptahโ€™ (service week).

After donating blood the minister took to his twitter handle and said, โ€œBooks & blood should be donated generously. One powers knowledge, other life!โ€

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โ€œTo observe seva saptah as part of PM Sri @narendramodiโ€™s birthday celebrations, I am humbled to donate blood at Guwahati Medical College & Hospital this morning, Sept 14,โ€ he further tweeted.

 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that it will observe a โ€˜Seva Saptahโ€˜ (service week) starting from Saturday to Friday (September 20) for Prime Minister Narendra Modiโ€˜s birthday on September 17.

Innumerable social initiatives have been planned across the nation by the BJP members in the week.

โ€œIf there is anybody who can solve problems faced by the poor people in the country, it is Narendra Modi,โ€ BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said on Friday.

โ€œTherefore, on September 17, which is Narendra Modiโ€™s birthday, the BJP has decided to celebrate Sept 14-20 as โ€˜seva saptahโ€™,โ€ Singh added.