Lucknow: Ever since her recent marriage, Poonam a resident of Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh is on cloud nine. Her marital bliss notwithstanding, it is another incident during her wedding that has left her in a permanent state of ecstasy.
Poonam feels that she is ‘immensely lucky’ because she got a phone call from Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, blessed her on her wedding day, and also a gift from him.
Her grandfather Ram Chandra Yadav had sent the wedding invitation to a number of politicians including Modi.
“My relatives in Gujarat told me Modi responds to every invitation he receives. So out of curiosity, I posted an invitation to him,” said Yadav.
He also sent invitations to UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, UP minister Parasnath Yadav and also the local MLA Lalai Yadav.
None of the leaders, except Lalai Yadav, bothered to respond. A day before the wedding, the family got a call from the Gujarat CM’s office, asking for Poonam’s bank account number.
“They said that Mr Modi wanted to send her a gift and we gave them the account number. On the day, we found that a sum of Rs 5100 had been transferred into her account,” Yadav said.
A few hours later Modi himself called up the bride and wished her. The family also received a letter from him, acknowledging the wedding invite.
“Imagine a CM from another state calling up the bride. In contrast, our politicians for whom we toil day and night, do not even bother to acknowledge the invitations. I am a Yadav but I will never vote for the SP. My vote and my blessings are only for Mr Modi from now on,” Yadav said.
