Raksha Bandhan: PM Modi to celebrate the festival with his Pakistani-origin sister, Qamar Shaikh

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his special guest -- a Pakistani-origin woman, Qamar Mohsin Shaikh who has been tying rakhi to him for over 30 years -- on this Raksha Bandhan.

Qamar first met PM Modi when he was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker. She met him during one of her visits to Delhi with her husband.

"It was the auspicious day of 'Raksha Bandhan' and when I approached him with a rakhi and he gladly accepted it," she said.

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Qamar came to India from Pakistan after her marriage and has been living in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, since then.

Since this year's Raksha Bandhan is falling on Independence Day, PM Modi will first address the nation from the Red Fort, following which he will return to his residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, where he will celebrate Raksha Bandhan with Qamar.

Meanwhile, the appropriate time (Shubh muhurat) to tie rakhi this year is from 10:22 am to 08:08 pm on August 15, 2019.