Modi's suit owner to donate Rs 200 crore for 10,000 girls

February 23, 2016 15:49

The man who bought Narendra Modi's famed suit that had 'Narendra Damodardas Modi' monogrammed as pinstripes on it for Rs 4.31 crore, Lavjibhai Badshah would donate Rs 200 crore to 10,000 girls (Rs 2 lakh each) across the country.

The Surat diamond baron, builder, private airline owner and philanthropist, Patel aka Badsaha, made this surprise announcement at Vatsalya Gram, Vrindavan, during his visit on Tuesday.

He said he would launch this program in Surat on March 13 and parents of 10,000 girls, selected from across the country, would be paid Rs 2 lakh each so that they do not have to bother about their upbringing and marriages.

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