UP: PM Narendra Modi addresses migrant with the Telugu honorific ‘Garu’

KANPUR: During his 30-minute virtual outreach to migrants during the launch of Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rozgar Abhiyan on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a chord when he addressed a daily wage labourer from Bundelkhand with the Telugu honorific, ‘Garu’. A native of Vardh village of Jalaun district, Deepu had just returned from Telangana after the lockdown was clamped.
While Deepu apprised the PM of his travails, he was assured of all help through government schemes and the growing opportunities in Bundelkhand region.Later talking to reporters, Deepu said, “Talking to the PM was nothing less than a dream for a poor man like me.”
During his interaction with migrants, the PM said, the Bundelkhand expressway would transform fortunes of the parched region and usher prosperity. “Now, you will not have to go to other cities for work. The defence corridor and industries being set up in the region will generate more opportunities,” he told Deepu.
“Earlier, villagers would give applications for building mud roads. Now, the upcoming expressway will not only be a game-changer, but also act as an industrial corridor for manufacturing units and agricultural centres,” he said.
Deepu, who returned from Hyderabad, where he was employed as a daily wage worker for three years, said, “After returning home, I had no work. Someone suggested, I could earn a living by working in the construction of the Bundelkhand Expressway project. I got myself registered and was allotted work at Barha plant of the e-way project. Now, I can survive with my family.”
Another Bundelkhand native, Nitin, and Amrendra of Kushinagar, were also a part of the video-conference. “Though, we did not get a chance to speak to the PM, we liked the way he addressed Deepu with the Telugu honorific, Garu, which means “Ji’ in north India,” they said.