Narendra Modi reaches out to kids, leaves officials surprised

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“We were told by the PMO that they were 99.99 per cent sure that he would not be meeting the children. So this was unexpected,” said Nutan Duggal, an official with the education department.

“This was unexpected. We were told that he may not come out to meet the children… but he did,” said a security officer at the venue.

“We had coached the children on how to behave in case he did come to meet them,” said Duggal. But in their excitement, the students forgot their instructions.

“We were told not to leave our places. But he came and we wanted to see him… so we tried to move ahead,” said Irshad Ahmad, 15, an NCC cadet.