PM Narendra Modi praises Mohammed Shami in Amroha

PM Narendra Modi on Friday played a ‘dholak’ gifted to him and associated the instrument and fast bowler Mohammed Shami with the pride of Amroha.

Addressing a public meeting, he highlighted that Amroha’s dholak had received the GI tag and praised Shami for his outstanding performance in



the World Cup, referring to him as ‘desh ka danka’.

He emphasized that the beats of the dholak should now resonate with ‘kamal chhap’.The PM mentioned that his government bestowed the Arjuna Award upon the cricketer, and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had gifted a stadium to the district.