Children of Abujhmad have shown that given the chance and facility they can also crack any exam and achieve the goal, said President Pranab Mukherjee while talking to tribal students of Chhattisgarh belonging to Naxal stronghold and poverty-hit Abujhmad who had called on him at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday in New Delhi.
Asking the students to keep faith in themselves that they can do anything and everything besides continuing their study with focussed attention, the President lauded the efforts of the four students, belonging to the most economically backward tribal section, who on the basis of their hard and labour got admission in prestigious college of Delhi.
Notably, three tribal students of Abujhmad area who got admission in B Sc (Physics Honours) in Hindu College of Delhi and one student who is preparing for IAS exam after doing M Tech called on Mukherjee along with Chhattisgarh governor Shekhar Dutt and Swami Ram Krishna Mission’s monk Swami Vyasanand. The President was very impressive on the success of these students. The three students belonging to most backward Abujhmadia
Tribe – lakshman Singh Potai (88.2 percent), Butiyaram Korram (85.8 percent) and Santosh Kumar Usendi (83.8 percent) marks in Class 12, are the first from this area who secured admission in science stream of Delhi’s prestigious college. Fourth Abujhmadia student was Bhupendra Chhanav who after doing M Tech in Geology, is preparing for civil services in Delhi.