Here as family member, not as PM: Modi at Bohra Muslim event
PM inaugurates fourth campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy in Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday recalled the decades-old bond he shared with the Dawoodi Bohra community. “l am here as a family member, not as prime minister,” Modi said after inaugurating the fourth campus of the Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Arabic Academy, a premier educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community in Mumbai.
Modi said visiting the campus is like visiting his own family, and spoke about his bond with the community.
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“On the parameters of change with time and development, the Dawoodi Bohra community has always proven itself. Today, the expansion of important educational institutions like Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah is a living example of the same,” he added.
“If go anywhere in the country, even abroad, my Bohra brothers and sisters definitely come to meet me,” the PM said.