Dear Pradhan Mantriji...

September 05, 2014 11:53

AAP's Yogendra Yadav writes to PM Modi:

"I have had occasions to disagree with your politics and policies. But I write this letter not as a member of an opposition party but as an ex-teacher, a parent and a citizen.I come from a teachers' family.

My great grandfather was a schoolteacher, and so was my grandfather. My father retired as a college teacher and my mother as a schoolteacher.

I had little choice, especially since I was born on Teachers' Day. So, I taught at a university and married someone who is a university teacher. I am no longer a teacher by profession, but remain one at heart.

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