WORLD NEWS | Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun to visit Kolkata for two-day visit

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India]May 13 (ANI): Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun, accompanied by his wife, is scheduled to visit Kolkata on Sunday for a two-day visit, BJP leader and India Foundation Governing Council Swapan Dasgupta said.

In an interview with ANI, President Khola Hawa Swapan Dasgupta said, “In a way, this is a private visit to Kolkata by President Rupan of Mauritius.” Dasgupta shared details of why Roopun visited Kolkata, “Among the Indian community in Mauritius, Those who went there as indentured laborers in the 19th century had a strong belief. The last port of call for most of them, when they sailed for Mauritius, was Calcutta. So, they had an emotional attachment to Calcutta because they The last point of leaving India, their ancestors left India. So Calcutta is emotionally important to them. So, part of the reason why President Rupan is here. And it’s really a personal visit.”

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Swapan Dasgupta said Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun’s visit to Kolkata does not involve state functions. He said Roopun will visit Dakshineswar Temple and Belur Math. Dasgupta said the visit involved something ceremonial.

“No state functions were involved. There was only a civic reception, but other than that, he was going to the Dakshishwar Temple and Belmont, to see a monument built by the Indian Ports Trust, the Kolkata Quay, a monument to Those who were indentured labor in the 19th century. So he would do it. It was a very light informal basis, so there was no political significance. It was mostly his goodwill visit,” Swapan Dasgupta told ANI.

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He further said, “On behalf of Khola Hawa and the India Foundation, the two organizations that hosted him for this visit, I happen to be the executive of both agencies, so I will obviously host him as if he were in Kolkata. Well, this is It’s a two-day visit, but as I said, it’s essentially a private visit with very few ceremonial things.”

Last November, Mauritian President Prithweerasin Rupeng visited Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on Monday. Roopun and his wife Sayukta Roopun were accompanied by a seven-member delegation. Upon arrival in Ayodhya, the President of Mauritius was welcomed by MP Lallu Singh, MLA Vedprakash Gupta, MLA Ramchandra Yadav, Mayor Rishikesh Upadhyay, Commissioner Navdeep Rinwa, DIG Amarendra Prasad Singh and many other officials.

The President of Mauritius and his wife visited the Ram Temple, where they prayed and offered sacrifices. Roopun also inspected the construction works of the Great Temple and got information from the engineers about the development. Afterwards, Prithvirajsing Roopun visited Hanumangarhi in Kanak Bhawan. (Arnie)

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