Prez Kovind gifts bicycle on Eid to budding cyclist

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ President Ram Nath Kovind has gifted a bicycle to a budding young cyclist who works part-time as a dishwasher in Ghaziabad. The boy who hails from Bihar, studies in class 9 at Sarvodaya School in Delhis Anand Vihar.

Riyaz belongs to Madhubani district of Bihar. His family members – his parents, two sisters and one brother – live in Madhubani, while Riyaz stays in a rented accommodation in Maharajpur, Ghaziabad. To supplement his father’s paltry income as a cook, the boy in his free time works in an eatery in Ghaziabad as a dishwasher.

In a rare gesture of motivating youth for nation-building, President Kovind chose the struggling schoolboy Riyaz, who dreams of excelling as a cyclist, to gift him a racing bicycle. “The President also wished him well for becoming an international champion of cycling and realise his dream through his hard work,” said a statement from the President’s Office.

The bicycle was delivered to Riyaz on Friday, a day before Eid-al-Adha, in true spirit of the festival that is marked by gifts given by elders to youngsters. “Riyaz’s story is quite educative for those struggling youth who come from the underprivileged class of society and yet dare to dream big in their life,” said a statement.