Vadodara: Chand Abdul Salam Dhobi, who used to iron garments of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi throughout the latter's 10-year stint in Godhra the town, died at SSG Hospital in Vadodara on Sunday afternoon - a couple of hours ahead of Modi landed in the city to behavior a highway show and commit a slew of tasks to people.
Chand used to iron Modi's garments when Modi stayed in Godhra in 1970s. The relationship goes again to the days when Modi used to work for the RSS and stayed at Godhra. Modi used to stay in Kajiwad in Godhra just opposite Chand's small laundry. He spent reasonably some time at Dhobi's shop each time he got here to present or acquire garments at his Yadgaar Laundry.
Modi was once a pracharak in-charge of Vadodara region and used to seek advice from Godhra ceaselessly and stay there in the late 1970s.
In earlier interactions with The Times of India, Chand had discussed that Modi used to discuss quite a lot of things and read newspapers. For reasonably some time, he was once a normal visitor on the shop.
In 2009 when the authentic Republic Day function of the state was once held at Godhra, Modi had despatched a missive for Chand on January 25. When Chand received a word that police had gone to his place of abode, he by no means went house.
He thought one thing was once improper and slept in different places. It was once simplest subsequent day that officials reached out to Chand and clarified things. After midnight, Modi referred to as Chand. He was once additionally invited for Sadbhavana Mission rapid via Modi at Godhra in 2012, but may now not attend the event.
According to his family members, Chand, 75, suffered from cardiac arrest at Godhra on Saturday after which he was once shifted to a private medical institution in the the town from the place he was once referred to state-run SSG Hospital in Vadodara.
He breathed his last at round 12.30pm after which his body was once taken to Godhra the place the family members buried it following all the rituals.
Chand's circle of relatives in Godhra remains to be looking ahead to the house which was once promised to him in 2009.
According to his family members, throughout his assembly with Modi in 2009, Chand had refused Rs5 lakh cheque which Modi had presented to him.
Instead, Chand had sought the then Gujarat chief minister's assist in getting a small plot of land which Modi had agreed to. "We are being asked to shell out Rs1.40 lakh for this plot," said Chand's elder son Usman Chand, including that his late father had carried out for a 200-square-metre plot from CM's discretionary quota quickly after his assembly in 2009.
"My father used to knock on the doors of the administrators every fortnight, but they kept on insisting that it will be done which never happened," he said.
Chand used to iron Modi's garments when Modi stayed in Godhra in 1970s. The relationship goes again to the days when Modi used to work for the RSS and stayed at Godhra. Modi used to stay in Kajiwad in Godhra just opposite Chand's small laundry. He spent reasonably some time at Dhobi's shop each time he got here to present or acquire garments at his Yadgaar Laundry.
Modi was once a pracharak in-charge of Vadodara region and used to seek advice from Godhra ceaselessly and stay there in the late 1970s.
In earlier interactions with The Times of India, Chand had discussed that Modi used to discuss quite a lot of things and read newspapers. For reasonably some time, he was once a normal visitor on the shop.
In 2009 when the authentic Republic Day function of the state was once held at Godhra, Modi had despatched a missive for Chand on January 25. When Chand received a word that police had gone to his place of abode, he by no means went house.
He thought one thing was once improper and slept in different places. It was once simplest subsequent day that officials reached out to Chand and clarified things. After midnight, Modi referred to as Chand. He was once additionally invited for Sadbhavana Mission rapid via Modi at Godhra in 2012, but may now not attend the event.
According to his family members, Chand, 75, suffered from cardiac arrest at Godhra on Saturday after which he was once shifted to a private medical institution in the the town from the place he was once referred to state-run SSG Hospital in Vadodara.
He breathed his last at round 12.30pm after which his body was once taken to Godhra the place the family members buried it following all the rituals.
Chand's circle of relatives in Godhra remains to be looking ahead to the house which was once promised to him in 2009.
According to his family members, throughout his assembly with Modi in 2009, Chand had refused Rs5 lakh cheque which Modi had presented to him.
Instead, Chand had sought the then Gujarat chief minister's assist in getting a small plot of land which Modi had agreed to. "We are being asked to shell out Rs1.40 lakh for this plot," said Chand's elder son Usman Chand, including that his late father had carried out for a 200-square-metre plot from CM's discretionary quota quickly after his assembly in 2009.
"My father used to knock on the doors of the administrators every fortnight, but they kept on insisting that it will be done which never happened," he said.
Hours before his arrival, Modi’s ex-laundryman dies of cardiac arrest
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