NEW DELHI: Prime Minister

on Friday wished the nation on the occasion of Diwali urging everyone to celebrate the "

" with the poor.

In a video, PM Modi said that there are a lot of people around us who are not able to afford the festivities. "With awareness and determination we can usher light where there is darkness," the PM said in the video.

"Let us make this Diwali about lighting the lamp of happiness in the lives of others. Let us make this #IndiaWaliDiwali," he said as he tweeted the video.

In the video, actor

underlines the diverse ways Diwali is celebrated across the country and proposed that the festival should opt for a ritual which will help bind the people of this country with a common thread. The actor urged the nation to start a new tradition of "India Wali Diwali" where we not only celebrate the upcoming festival with our family members but also with the less privileged.