“I was struggling to get admission in school as I didn’t have an Aadhaar Card. The External Affairs Minister assured me that my admission will be done on Monday,”Madhu was quoted as saying by ANI.
“She spoke to Arvind Kejriwal ji regarding the same. Hope I will get admission in school at the earliest,” she added.
According to a report by The Hindu, religious persecution drove Madhu and her family out of Pakistan two years ago. For many months now, Madhu – who is now sixteen – has been trying to join Class IX in a public school in Delhi, the report adds.
Swaraj’s meeting with Madhu comes a day after she sent message to her on Twitter, asking the girl to come to her residence at 7 pm. This isn’t the first time this year the minister has personally intervened to help a Pakistani Hindu immigrant in distress. In May, Swaraj helped 17-year old Mashal Maheshwari – another refugee from religious persecution – gain admission into a medical college after watching her interview on TV.
And on that occasion as well, she’d taken to Twitter to offer help: “Mashal – Don’t be disappointed my child. I will personally take up your case for admission in a medical college,” she’d said.
Mashal hadn’t been able to do it on her own despite her excellent CBSE scores, because – being a foreign national – she didn’t meet the eligibility criteria for NEET, the common entrace exam for medical colleges.