Manpreet Singh along with his Father Kuldeep Singh and Sister Jaspreet Kaur
"I want to
join police force and my sister wants to be a doctor, our dream may come true
now”, this was the first reaction of 13-year-old Manpreet Singh, a class 7th
student.
Manpreet Singh had been working as hawker selling phulwarian, pappar and chole
in streets ever since his father Kuldeep Singh Bhatia lost his job to
coronavirus induced lockdown and his efforts to begin a small time vegetable selling
profession failed to pick up during lockdown.
He informed that his two sisters Jaspreet Kaur and Amanpreet Kaur, class 10th
and 8th students respectively make phulwarian and pappar at home along with his
father and he sells them in the streets of Amritsar in two shifts from 8am to
12pm and then 4pm to 8pm. I earn around Rs 200 a day that helps to meet the
expenses of the family", he said.
He said he wanted to become a police officer to clean the city of criminals
while Jaspreet wanted to help ailing mankind by going into the medical field.
Notably impressed by the self esteem of Manpreet Singh and his refusal to
receive money from a stranger, chief minister Amarinder Singh announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh for Manpreet .
However, Manpreet Singh said he had not heard anything from the chief minister or deputy commissioner's office about Rs 5 lakh announcement but from media persons.
His father Kuldeep Singh said that after the death of his wife he had raised the three children and was trying to meet both ends. He said his vegetable business didn’t pick up since he didn’t have enough money to put into his small venture.
"I am happy that my son refused to expect the money offered to him and today my head is high with pride” he said . He said a few donors had even offered to repair his dilapidated house .
Stating that she wanted to be a doctor, Jaspreet Kaur said, "My brother has brought pride to all of us in such a young age”.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/amritsar-young-hawker-wants-to-be-a-police-officer-to-clean-amritsar-from-criminals
http://sikhsindia.blogspot.com/2020/09/cm-amarinder-singh-announces-rs-5-lakh.html
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