Team News Riveting
New Delhi, October 14
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday met one of the oldest party workers 106-year-old Narayan AKA Bhulai Bhai at the UP Bhavan in New Delhi.
Narayan had sought an appointment with Singh, but after the defence minister learnt about it, he went and met the centenarian at the Uttar Pradesh Sadan, the state’s guesthouse in the national capital.
As Singh hugged the oldest worker of the party, Bhulai Bhai’s eyes welled up with tears. “Jawan ho gaya mil ke. Krishna sudama ko milne aaye hai (I am feeling young. It’s like Lord Krishna has come to meet Sudama)” he told the Defence Minister.
Singh felicitated the oldest BJP worker with a shawl and presented a set of dhoti-kurta on his 70 years of association with the party and its predecessor Jana Sangh. Bhulai Bhai’s association with Singh dates back to 1977 when both were members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
On the eve of Vijaya Dashami, it was a pleasant feeling to meet 106-year-old Narayan ji ‘Bhulai Bhai’, who was the MLA of the Jana Sangh from Uttar Pradesh, and currently, is the senior-most party worker of the country. His simplicity is very inspiring. I wish Maa Durga for his good health,” Singh tweeted about the meeting and also posted a photo of him with Narayan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also called Bhulai Bhai in April last year during the first wave of Covid pandemic and sought his blessings
Having worked with BJP ideologues Deendayal Upadhyay and Syama Prasad Mookherjee, Narayan is the symbol of simplicity and honesty in the party. He has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
A Post Graduate from Agra University, Narayan was working in the education department. He resigned from his government job and contested the 1974 state polls and won.
