India, April 14 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Shri Rampal Kashyap from Kaithal today in Yamunanagar, Haryana. Shri Modi was humbled to learn that Shri Kashyap who had taken a vow 14 years ago to refrain from wearing footwear until he met the Prime Minister after his election to office. He urged citizens to focus their energy on meaningful actions linked to social work and nation building.
In separate posts on X, he wrote:
(Omitted Hindi content can be viewed at https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2121629)
"At today's public meeting in Yamunanagar, I met Shri Rampal Kashyap Ji from Kaithal. He had taken a vow 14 years ago- that he will only wear footwear ...