Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sent a letter to Meera Majhi, the lady from Ayodhya at whose place he stopped for a cup of tea.
PM Modi also sent her gifts for her and her family, which included a tea-set, drawing book with colours and more.
The woman was the 10th crore beneficiary of the PM Ujjwala Yojana under which below poverty line households are provided free LPG connections.
In the letter addressed to Majhi, he wrote, “It was a great pleasure to meet you and your family members in Ayodhya, the holy city of Lord Shri Ram, and drink the tea prepared by you.”
He further said, “Your becoming the 10 croreth beneficiary of Ujjwala Yojana is not just a figure, rather I see it as a link to the fulfillment of big dreams and resolutions of crores of countrymen.”
PM Modi also sent her gifts for her and her family, which included a tea-set, drawing book with colours and more.
On Saturday, PM Modi paid a surprise visit at Majhi’s home near the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk during his visit to Ayodhya ahead of the inauguration of Ram Mandir.
“It was a complete surprise. They never told me who was coming. We are poor people. We didn’t have much in our home, except some pulses and rice. I made arhar dal, rice and prepared some salad. Before I could finish cooking, I saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi at my doorstep. I was stunned. It all seemed like a dream. I quickly snapped out of it and realised PM Modi had come to my home. I immediately welcomed him inside,” Meera Manjhi said.
The Prime Minister spent around 15 minutes with the Manjhi family. “Aisa laga bhagwan mere ghar aaye. Maine kabhi sapne mein bhi nahi socha tha ki aisa kuch hoga (It was like God visited my place. I never had thought in my wildest dreams that anything like this would happen),” Meera Manjhi said, adding that the visit reminded her of the ‘Shabri Ke Ber’ story from Ramayana. “I am blessed,” she said.
Modi, who was in the temple town to unveil a ‘new look old’ city with an airport, a revamped train station and multiple projects, made a sudden stopover at the house of the woman who holds the distinction of being the 10th-crore beneficiary of the Ujjwala scheme.
The scheme was started in May 2016 to provide LPG connection to women belonging to below poverty line (BPL) families.
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