PM Narendra Modi to meet 101-year-old former Indian Foreign Service Officer Mangal Sain Handa during two-day Kuwait visit

Following a request from his granddaughter Shreya Juneja, Modi agreed to meet the former Indian official.

Juneja wrote on X: "Humble request to Hon'ble PM @narendramodi to meet my 101-year-old Nanaji, ex-IFS officer, in Kuwait during tmrw’s interaction with the Indian Diaspora. Nana @MangalSainHanda is a great admirer of yours. Details have been emailed to your office."

Following her tweet, Modi wrote: "Absolutely! I look forward to meeting  @MangalSainHanda Ji in Kuwait today."

As per his X profile, Handa served in various nations which include Iraq, Kuwait, China, Argentina, UK, Cambodia.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left India for a visit to Kuwait where he is scheduled to meet the Indian diaspora.

This is the first visit to Kuwait by any Prime Minister in over four decades.

Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the last Indian premier to visit Kuwait in 1981.

Modi is visiting Kuwait at the invitation of His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait.

"I look forward to my meetings with His Highness the Amir, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Kuwait. It would be an opportunity to chalk out a roadmap for a futuristic partnership for the benefit of our people and the region," said the Prime Minister in his departure statement.

"I eagerly look forward to meeting the Indian diaspora in Kuwait who have immensely contributed to strengthening of bonds of friendship between the two nations," he added.

Photo Caption: Indian PM Narendra Modi to meet ex-IFS officer Mangal Sain Handa during Kuwait trip. Photo Courtesy: Mangal Sain Handa X page