Several Indian newspapers on Wednesday were full of advertisements with laudatory messages to mark the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Three of the first six pages of The Times of India’s Delhi edition carried advertisements by the Delhi government and two private companies celebrating Modi’s birthday. The next three pages had at least one advertisement per page.

This was followed by 11 advertisements in the remaining pages, of which five were full-page.

The advertisements by the Delhi government and the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena were repeated in several newspapers across editions.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is in power in the Delhi Assembly. The Shinde Sena is a key ally of the BJP at the central level and in Maharashtra.

The Indian Express had at least seven advertisements. This included three full-pages ones in the initial pages.

On Tuesday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a song titled Namo Pragati Delhi – From Children’s Voices to the Nation’s Voice, The Indian Express reported. She described it as a “significant and priceless gift for the prime minister”.

Gupta said that the song, sung by students of government schools, highlights the vision of “One India, Best India”.

More than 50 government schools in Delhi are contributing to the prime minister’s birthday celebrations. More than 300 have submitted handmade cards to Gupta to deliver them to Modi, the newspaper reported.

The Delhi government also organised a Seva Sankalp Walk event at the Kartavya Path to celebrate Modi’s birthday. A blood donation camp was also part of the event.

In Odisha, the BJP government will be planting 75 lakh saplings to mark Modi’s 75th birthday.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri organised a collective prayer and langar at a gurudwara in Mumbai Modi’s “long life and good health”, ANI reported.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla participated in a cleanliness drive in Kota, Rajasthan organised to mark Modi’s birthday. Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted a sapling on the occasion in Delhi.

News agency ANI posted videos of preacher Dhirendra Shashtri, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, businesspersons Mukesh Ambani and Sanjiv Goenka, and actors Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt, wishing Modi on his birthday.

Music label T-series released a song titled Vandaniya Hai Desh Mera to celebrate the “vision, dedication, and leadership” of the prime minister. The song has been sung and composed by Shankar Mahadevan and written by Prasoon Joshi.

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