GORAKHPUR: A five-year-old girl from Kanpur presented a toy bulldozer to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during his morning walk at the Gorakhnath Temple on Friday.In a video posted by PTI, the child is heard saying, “Yogi ji gave me chocolate and I gifted him a bulldozer. But he returned it to me and told me to study well and play with the bulldozer.“The chief minister’s Office later shared the interaction on social media platform X, describing the gesture as “a symbol of great trust” and “an innocent expression of trust”. It said the girl, identified as Yashaswini from Kanpur, had met the chief minister during his morning visit to the temple.”Footage released by the office shows the chief minister smiling and interacting with the child. He is also seen posing for a photograph with her, encouraging her to focus on her studies, before returning the toy.
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