At the silver jubilee celebrations of the Uttarakhand's formation on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sported the state's traditional headgear and often switched to Garhwali and Kumaoni during his speech to strike a chord with the locals.

Starting his speech with his familiar greetings but this time in local dialect, Prime Minister Modi went on to say the "double-engine" BJP government is working to elevate Uttarakhand's potential to new heights.

''You all know how deep my attachment to Uttarakhand is. Whenever I came here on spiritual journeys, the struggle and hard work of the people living in the mountains always inspired me. This introduced me to the immense potential of Uttarakhand,'' he said.

In the middle of his speech, the prime minister remarked that the people of Uttarakha

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