Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: For Gouranga Biswas, the boatman who rowed the boat in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi went for a ride on Friday morning, the experience was really fascinating, reported IANS. Speaking to the news agency, Biswas said that he had never imagined that he would row the boat on which the Prime Minister of the country went for a ride.
“I was not aware till the last moment that the Prime Minister would be going for the boat-ride on my boat. He suddenly appeared and just asked my name. I was speechless initially, since I had never imagined such a situation. He travelled for some time on Hooghly River and also clicked some pictures with his camera,” Biswas said.
However, he said that there was no opportunity for him to take a picture along with Prime Minister Modi.
“His boat-ride continued for some time and I took the boat till the middle of the river,” Biswas said and added that though quite excited, he was not nervous while sailing the boat. “But I did not have the chance to speak much with him. He asked my name and I replied. That was all. The conversation could not continue probably because neither I can understand nor speak Hindi. Then he gestured to me to go till the middle of the river, which I did. But I am very happy that I sailed the boat in which the Prime Minister of the country was travelling. The other persons accompanying the Prime Minister were speaking among themselves in Hindi, which I could not understand,” Biswas added.
