22nd August, 2002
Prime Minister's Office  


PM CELEBRATES RAKSHA BANDHAN


The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee celebrated Raksha Bandhan with fun and gaiety with school children and people from all walks of life at his residence, here today. Children from various schools from in and around Delhi, physically handicapped and mentally backward children and girls from a blind school were among those who tied a rakhi to the Prime Minister.

On a special request from the mediapersons who had gathered to cover the occasion, Shri Vajpayee recited a poem in Hindi titled – "Aao phir se diya jalaayen". Following is the version of the original Hindi poem, as recited by the Prime Minister:

 

 
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