New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to organize a over two-week-long "seva pakhwada", from September 17 to October 2, to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.

The commencement and conclusion of the pakhwada mark the birthday of PM Modi on one side and the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on the other (October 2).

BJP's Yuva Morcha (youth wing) is also set to organise 'Namo Yuva run' across 75 cities with more than 10 thousand participants in each rally.

"From September 17 to October 2, from Prime Minister's birthday till Gandhiji's birthday, for 15 days, the country and the BJP organises a seva pakhwada," the union minister said in a press conference here...