NEW DELHI: Send a Sandesh to our Soldiers this Diwali Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be putting out a special video message soon saying this to citizens and dedicating the upcoming Diwali festival to soldiers.India carried out surgical strikes across the Line Of Control in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir last month in response to the terrorist strike in Uri that left 19 Army Jawans dead. In a special video featuring the PM which will go live soon, Modi will appeal to the citizens of India to remember the armed forces serving across different parts of India and send them a letter on this Diwali. The 3-minute video aims at evoking emotions of thankfulness and pride for the armed forces, government officials have told ET.People will be able to send their messages to soldiers on the Narendra Modi App mygov.in online platform and to Aakashwani. A special module is being launched on the Narendra Modi App, which enables people to send special greetings or their hand-written messages to the armed forces. This carries forward the rich legacy of communication that PM Modi has built for active citizen participation for national causes and proactive communication, officials said. Doordarshan & All India Radio will further this cause on Diwali besides on various social media platforms.The PM's video will start by featuring a child who sends a ‘Thank You’ Rocket along with a letter to the armed forces. It also features a youth who idolizes the armed forces and a mother waiting for her son to return home on Diwali. Officials said this is the first time ever that PM Modi is appearing in a cause related video though numerous requests have been received for being featured in vidoes in the last two-and-a-half years on other causes. "This perhaps shows that this cause (soldiers) is closest to his heart. Since becoming the PM, Narendra Modi has spent both Diwalis with the armed forces," an official said.