Narendra Modi's Nepalese godson excited as PM plans trip to Himalayan country
Bahadur, who comes from a poor family, is pursuing BBA in Ahmedabad courtesy of Modi, who is paying for his education and stay.
The family of Jeet Bahadur in Nepal, whose godfather is Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is excited about the premier's upcoming visit to the Himalayan country. Bahadur, who comes from a poor family, is pursuing BBA in Ahmedabad courtesy of Modi, who is paying for his education and stay.
Bahadur has known Modi for the past 12 years. He came to Delhi at the age of 10 in 1998 with his brother Dashrath to look for a job. After working for a while in Delhi, he moved to Rajasthan and soon "got bored". It was a mistake that he boarded a train to Ahmedabad instead of Gorakhpur and was taken to Modi by a woman. Modi then started taking care of him and even helped him meet his family again.
Bahadur's mother says though she gave birth to the boy, it was Modi who brought him up. Bahadur's family belongs to Kavasati Lokaha village in Navalparasi district of Nepal.
A Nepali businessman, Vinod Chaudhary, visited Ahmedabad in 2011 and invited Modi to visit Nepal. But Modi put a condition - he should first locate the family of Bahadur, which Chaudhary did in 30 hours.