A large number of villagers of Harigaon, the village from where Navinchandra’s ancestors went to that island nation, assembled in a festive mood to greet him. They were present there with gifts for husband and wife and prepared delicious local dish to offer them. But what dismayed them was that they were not allowed to meet the honoured guests.

A fourth generation relative of the prime minister told newsmen that they collected money from among themselves and were sad because they had been waiting for this day to come since long. They bought pagdi, shawl, dhoti and kurta for the prime minister and two Banarasi sarees and bangles for his wife, Veena, Veena.

Ran Vijay Singh, one of them, said that they would visit Mauritius to invite him once again to the village ask him as to why he did not meet them.

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