Modi turns 69: When Bal Narendra volunteered for Congress event in Vadnagar
India TodayFor most people, politician Narendra Modi is on a mission to finish off the Congress, the oldest political party in the country. But there was a time when Narendra Modi worked as a volunteer -- a child volunteer -- for Congress events in Vadnagar. In the book, the Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi, Modi's biographers MV Kamath and Kalindi Randeri recall that in 1956, when Rasikbhai Dave was organising some Congress event, Narendra Modi went to him offering to help. When Rasikbhai Dave wanted to know what such a small kid could do in a political event, Narendra Modi told him that he would sell or distribute badges for the Congress. He had told Modi's biographers that Modi actually "sold" Congress badges so that some funds could be raised to organise an event in Vadnagar.
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