Kathmandu, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
will be accompanied by a Nepalese youth who has been living with him for the
past 16 years on his Nepal visit.
Jeet Bahadur Saru Magar will accompany the
Prime Minister during the latter’s Nepal visit beginning on Sunday. Modi has
expressed a desire to meet the family members of Jeet Bahadur during his
visit. “On a personal note my Nepal visit is very special. Years ago I
met a child from Nepal, Jeet Bahadur who did not know where he was headed,”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Saturday. “I started showing my
concern for Jeet Bahadur. Gradually, he took interest in academics, sports
& even learnt Gujarati,” he said adding “Thankfully, we were able to locate
his parents. I am glad that tomorrow the parents would be reunited with their
son.”
A team of Indian embassy officials recently
visited the village of Jeet Bahadur in Nawalparasi district and met his family
members, according to the country’s leading Nepali daily, Kantipur. Jeet
Bahadur belongs to a poor family from Lokha village.In an interview with the
newspaper, Jeet Bahadur said the security agencies have asked him not to move
anywhere for the next 3-4 days. “All of my activities are directed by what he
(the Prime Minister) tells me,” the report quoted him as saying. Whether Jeet
returns with Modi or will spend some more time in Kathmandu, will be decided by
the PM himself.In 1998, Jeet Bahadur had come with his brother to India to find
some work like numerous other migrants from his country. For some time he did
work in Rajasthan. Unhappy with his job, he soon decided to return to Nepal.
But destiny had other plans for him. At the railway station he mistakenly
boarded an Ahmedabad-bound train instead of the one going to Gorakhpur. In
Ahmedabad, a woman took him to Modi who had not yet become the chief minister
of Gujarat. Since then Jeet Bahadur has been in his care.Jeet who was staying
with Modi till recently, has now shifted to the university hostel after the
latter became prime minister and moved to New Delhi.
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