New Delhi, May 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted people of Goa on its statehood day.

Goa, which was a part of the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu earlier, was accorded statehood on this day in 1987.

Modi tweeted, "Greetings to the people of Goa on their Statehood Day. May the state scale new heights of progress. I pray for the good health and well-being of the people of Goa."

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