In a heartwarming gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met 101-year-old retired Indian International Service (IFS) officer Mangal Sain Handa throughout his go to to Kuwait.
The assembly got here after Handa’s granddaughter, Shreya Juneja, reached out on the social media platform X, requesting the PM to satisfy her grandfather.
“Humble request to Hon’ble PM @narendramodi to satisfy my 101-year-old Nanaji, ex-IFS officer, in Kuwait throughout tomorrow’s interplay with the Indian Diaspora. Nana @MangalSainHanda is a good admirer of yours. Particulars have been emailed to your workplace,” Juneja posted.
Humble request to Hon’ble PM @narendramodi to satisfy my 101-year-old Nanaji, ex-IFS officer, in Kuwait throughout tmrw’s interplay with the Indian Diaspora. Nana @MangalSainHanda is a good admirer of yours. Particulars have been emailed to your workplace 🙏
Cc: @PMOIndia @sjaishankaroffc— Shreya Juneja (@_ShreyaJuneja) December 20, 2024
To everybody’s delight, PM Modi responded positively, saying, “Completely! I sit up for assembly @MangalSainHanda Ji in Kuwait right this moment.”
Completely! I sit up for assembly @MangalSainHanda Ji in Kuwait right this moment. https://t.co/xswtQ0tfSY
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 21, 2024
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs famous, “The Indian neighborhood is the biggest expatriate neighborhood in Kuwait. The go to will present a chance to additional strengthen the multifaceted ties between India and Kuwait.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Kuwait is a historic one, marking the primary time an Indian Prime Minister has set foot within the nation in 43 years. The final Indian PM to go to Kuwait was Indira Gandhi again in 1981, reported PTI.
Nonetheless Dilip Handa, the son of 101-year-old former IFS officer Mangal Sain Handa, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Modi, saying their assembly was “an expertise of a lifetime.”
He revealed that PM Modi advised them he made it some extent to satisfy his father throughout his go to to Kuwait, which made the encounter much more particular, based on ANI.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets 101-year-old Ex-IFS officer Mangal Sain Handa in Kuwait Metropolis.
PM Modi is on a 2-day go to to Kuwait on the invitation of Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait. That is the primary go to of an Indian… pic.twitter.com/T2qpgJm422
— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2024
Kuwait is residence to a considerable Indian neighborhood, making up 21 per cent of the nation’s complete inhabitants, with roughly 1 million Indians residing there. Moreover, Indian staff comprise a major 30% of Kuwait’s complete workforce, numbering round 900,000 people.
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