Trump to receive rakhis from Haryana village

Women of a remote village in  have sent U.S. President Donald Trump 1,001 sacred threads to mark the festival of Raksha Bandhan that celebrates the brother-sister bond.

The gesture by the residents of Marora village in the Mewat region represents the “wish of the people that ties are further strengthened between India and the U.S.”, according to the NGO that has adopted the village

The village had come into the limelight after Sulabh International social service organisation chief Bindeshwar Pathak had said it would be called ‘Trump’s village’. The district administration had later said the move to rename the village was “illegal”, forcing the organisation’s members to remove signboards with the name.

Monica Jain, vice president of the NGO, said, “Students have made 1,001 rakhis with photos of Donald Trump and 501 rakhis for Narendra Modi. Women and girls of the village consider them their elder brothers,” she said.