new delhi bharatiya janata party bjp national president jp nadda on sunday responded to the oppositions jibe of just clapping and lighting candles during the covid19 pandemic and said that it was prime minister narendra modis message for the people to maintain their morale at the time of global crisisaddressing the bjp workers in the national capital nadda said under the leadership of pm modi while the government along with the entire population of 130 crore indians fought the battle of covid19 the opposition just kept making fun of clapping or lighting candleshowever i want to say that clapping and lighting candles were the prime ministers message to people to wake up and fight against coronavirus disease it was done to maintain their morale at that time the bjp national president addedlauding pm modi for never using the mann ki baat radio programme for political purposes nadda said pm modi has put forward the political issues through different platforms he addressed the 83rd episode of the mann ki baat he never talked about politics through his monthly radio programme or used it for political purposes he has talked about the culture of the countrypm modi has talked to us about the diversity of festivals in our nation environment women upliftment and ayushman bharat he focused on sports and talked about youth empowerment as well nadda added while talking about the mann ki baat radio programmebjp now has a goal to gather every month to listen to and discuss mann ki baat in all 1040 lakh booths till may to connect with the nation he said furtherprime minister narendra modi earlier in the day addressed the nation in the 83rd episode of his monthly radio programme mann ki baat this was the second last edition of the yeartoday bjp national president jp nadda union minister meenakshi lekhi bjp state president adesh gupta were present along with many workers gathered at rambagh park vasant vihar in delhi and listened to the radio programmemann ki baat is the prime ministers monthly radio address which is broadcast on the last sunday of every month the programme will be broadcast on the entire network of air and doordarshan and also on air news and mobile appthe first episode of the programme was broadcast on october 3 2014