Balancing work and family can be pretty tough for any parent, but it gets a little tougher when you are a Union Minister. But what do you do when your child begs for you to attend a school function? Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, was faced with the same problem recently when his daughter pleaded with him to attend a programme at school and had a unique answer to convince him.
The Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh recently shared a photo on Twitter saying, “Finally, for the first time I could manage a little moment to attend my daughter’s ‘Grandparents Day’ in her school in the absence of any of her grandparents.” He said his daughter was “too excited” to have her father accompany her.
Finally, for the first time I could manage a little moment to attend my daughter’s “Grandparents Day” in her school in the absence of any of her grandparents.
She was too excited! pic.twitter.com/GvQI1pOd42— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) September 30, 2018
As the photo garnered a lot of attention, he also shared a video to let everyone know how his daughter had convinced him to go for the function. In the video, his daughter starts with a complaint about how it’s always her mother who sees her dance performances, and never him.
“Mama always comes to my school, sees the performance… But you never ever come to my school. How can that be, papa?” she says.
This is how my little daughter convinced me to attend her school’s “Grandparents Day” for the first time. pic.twitter.com/ZaIt3y658D
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) September 30, 2018
When Rijiju tried to explain to her that he had a busy schedule, she replied, “You have office but just say to your boss that I have to come to my daughter’s school. Then your boss can forgive you.”
Twitterati loved her replies and said no one could turn down such a sweet request. While many suggested the minister should spend more time with his daughter, others started tagging his ‘boss’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to grant him a day off!
सुबह सुबह इतनी प्यारी बच्ची ने सकारात्मक ऊर्जा से भर दिया 👌👌♥️ ढ़ेर सारा प्यार 😍 https://t.co/T8WZTK4hoL
— Kailash Menariya (@KailashMenariya) October 2, 2018
@KirenRijiju Sir plz take one day leave for ur family especially for cute daughter. https://t.co/dzG5JmL666
— Shyam Jaiswal (@shyamjai16) October 2, 2018
So Cute. Boss should respond :) @narendramodi https://t.co/3MinoI1FVS
— Gaurav Sharma (@BindaasBol) October 2, 2018
Boss @narendramodi ji, pls forgive @KirenRijiju if he misses a days work as his performing daughter wants him to visit her school for a function – This is not a leave application, it’s leave demanded by order from an angel 🙏🏻. https://t.co/wlRwnj9SL9
— ||Āryāvarta|| (@Aryavarta_) October 2, 2018
Lots of love…. Too cute…every papa face this question ☺️👍 https://t.co/gXmoXPmxau
— Chandra Shekhar (@shekharjsr) October 1, 2018
Uff look at this bundle of cuteness!!! What strong arguments she makes to make daddy attend a school event 😍 https://t.co/ysJ68HLNXe
— Aanchal (@followaanchal) October 1, 2018
I had the same moment in the Morning… my kid says let me talk to your boss and tell him Papa is busy with me and he will not come to office today https://t.co/83cdjgTvZc
— Vipul (@vipul_t) October 1, 2018
Such a cute request from a cute daughter. You did the right thing. These are precious moments in the lives of a father and a child.
— Yadu Singh (@dryadusingh) October 1, 2018
Intelligent daughter….. https://t.co/On3dtecum5
— Lalremsangi Fanai (@LRSFanai) October 1, 2018
A very personal, human side of our politicians. ♥️ Who can say no to a request like that! https://t.co/fOSf6aJB8B
— Salil Kader (@salilkader) October 1, 2018
Have you (@KirenRijiju ji)shown this to @rajnathsingh ji n @narendramodi ji? They must appreciate it. Cuteness overloaded.😁😁😁👌👌 https://t.co/zRPAJmFo7p
— Bibhu Prasad Mahapatra (@Bibhu_93) October 1, 2018
Daughter are angels 😄. This amazing request didn’t even stopped a busy father @KirenRijiju to visit her daughter school .A sweet gesture which a every father should see despite how busy he is in his work . I am sure this gesture has given this little angel wings to fly 🧚♀️. https://t.co/uUx0SJYC0n
— Rahul Agarwal (@NewspointTv) October 1, 2018
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