People from across the country flooded social media with the selfie taken with their daughters. Praising the Haryana sarpanch Sunil Jaglan, whose idea of #SelfieWithDaughter went viral on the web, prime minister Narendra Modi, during his Mann ki Baat address, appealed to all fathers to click selfies with their daughters and share it on Twitter with #SelfieWithDaighter. The selfies with taglines that strengthen the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign would be retweeted by the PM.

This is being viewed as an attempt to recognise and celebrate the girl child as part of his Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign.

Here is how the country celebrated #SelfieWithDaughter

#SelfieWithDaughter ye jo teri muskaan hai na bitiya ye mera garv hai. Your happiness is my pride. pic.twitter.com/akWIsf5P2U

— Alok Nath (@aloknath) June 28, 2015

A Selfie when there were no Selfies. When visionary parents nurtured their daughters. #Selfiewithdaughter @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/bsbeq9lXIT

— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) June 28, 2015

#NarendraModi #betibachaobetipadhao #SelfieWithDaughter #MannKiBaat My Daughter Aashini Naidu. She is 3 Years old. pic.twitter.com/zgHMYr1Ay9

— Teja Vamshi Krishna (@tejavamshi_kris) June 29, 2015

Thanks for the initiative @narendramodi_in #SelfieWithDaughter .... pic.twitter.com/qgLHwQHQrP

— Harshil Mehta (@harshilmehta1) June 29, 2015

Beti padhao-Beti Bachao, me with my daughter Riddhi #SelfieWithDaughter @narendramodi @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/y6pwTGApwn

— Mandar Bhanushe (@profmandar) June 29, 2015

#SelfieWithDaughter my lovely daughter heer ..Thanx @narendramodi for all yours efforts towards baby Girl Child..... pic.twitter.com/m8Pd1pHBQW

— CA Hitesh Chelani (@hiteshchelani) June 29, 2015

I have the biggest gift as her smile. #SelfieWithDaughter pic.twitter.com/CKY3fCuPEf

— विशाल जैन (@vishal_jain11) June 29, 2015

#SelfieWithDaughter @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/ZYLH54cQbs

— Chitra Subramaniam (@chitraSD) June 28, 2015

#SelfieWithDaughter my SelfieWith sweet Daughter prachi pic.twitter.com/WON5ofY4tM

— Narender Pal (@singhpaln) June 29, 2015

In support of @narendramodi's #SelfieWithDaughter :) pic.twitter.com/OQG6f74DVf

— Rishabh Sarswat (@rishabh18s) June 29, 2015