PM Modi replies to a Varanasi rickshaw puller's invitation to his daughter's wedding

Mangal Kewat, a rickshaw trolley (used for carrying goods) puller in Varanasi, wanted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represented his Lok Sabha constituency also, to bless his daughter on the occasion of her wedding.

Kewat, a resident of Domri village in the district, travelled all the way to Delhi and gave the invitation card addressed to Modi to the PMO.

''For me Modi is everything....he is my mentor,'' Kewat, whose house in a cramped lane in the temple town, also had photographs of the prime minister, said.

Although Modi could make it to the wedding of Kewat's daughter on February 8, he did send a congratulatory message to him on this occasion.

The prime minister wished the newly wed couple a happy life. The letter containing the message bore digital signature of Modi.

''We found ourselves on seventh heaven, when we received the letter...we showed it to our acquaintances and the residents of the locality,'' Kewat said.

The poor rickshaw trolley puller was also inspired by the 'Swachcha Bharat' campaign of the prime minister and regularly goes to the Rajghat bridge on the Ganga, that connects Varanasi and the neighbouring Chandauli district, and sweeps it.

Kewat intends to preserve the letter from the prime minister for his coming generations.