The unemployed youth, suffering from kidney failure, has been invited by Priyanka to visit Delhi with a promise that he will be provided every possible help in his treatment.
A grateful Jayaswal from Khalispur village said, "I do not have words to thank her. It is like giving life to somebody. People in my village will never forget this."
The young Gandhi met Jayaswal and two villagers, Ravi Shankar Tiwari and Samar Yadav. They also met AICC General Secretary and Priyanka's elder brother Rahul yesterday.
Priyanka is on a two-day visit to Amethi, the constituency of her brother Rahul and Rae Bareli, the constituency of her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
While she drove Rahul around the constituency and met people, she got down to work today by addressing women of the self-help groups, listening to them and offering them advice.
In Khalispur village, Priyanka went to inspect a school and the kind of infrastructure it had. Tarannum Parveen, who was teaching mathematics to students, was surprised to find Priyanka in front of her classroom.
"She asked me, how I teach. I explained to her. Then she asked me to teach the children in front of her. I did it for a while and she commended me for the efforts," Parveen said after Priyanka interacted with the teachers and the children in the school.
A school is being constructed in Khalispur village, having a population of 5,500 by the self-help group which has been promoted in a big way by Priyanka, Rahul and Sonia Gandhi through the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.
During her interaction with the women, Priyanka was pleasantly surprised to hear the success story of Kisri Banu, a poor women, who got empowerment after becoming a part of the self-help group.
The middle-aged Banu told Priyanka that her husband was physically challenged and there was no income earlier.
"I borrowed Rs 15,000 from a bank through the self-help group. I bought a buffalo and also engaged in cloth business. Within six months, I was able to earn enough and returned the loan to the bank. I am now economically independent and run my family," Banu told Priyanka, who was impressed with the turnaround which self-help groups have brought in the twin constituencies.
Priyanka came face to face with several other similar success stories in her interaction with the members in Jayas today and earlier at Maderica and Argawan villages.
She chose to listen to the success stories in her interaction rather than issuing any directions to the women. Priyanka assured them of all cooperation. (2009)
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