After Aishwarya, Sachin, Haji Kalimulla Khan introduces Namo mangoes
Shreya Dhoundial,CNN-IBN
May 25, 2014 at 09:08am IST
http://youtu.be/h_aV4IiYntU - Mango named after Narendra Modi in India
Malihabad: As BJP leader Narendra Modi is getting ready to be sworn in as the new Prime Minister, he's taken an aam aadmi avtar in the mango capital of India, Malihabad. Horticulturist Haji Kalimulla Khan has introduced Namo mango this season.
With the sweetness of Lucknow's Dusseri and firm as Murshidabad's Husanara, the new variety of mango, a cross-bred by Khan, will ripe in the next couple of weeks. Khan says he has named it Namo mango because the fruit embodies the characteristics of the new prime minister.
Khan says, "Several people voted for Modi so that he can come to power and serve the country. I hope these mangoes have the same qualities as that of Modi."
Khan, a padmashree awardee, is known world over for tending to 100-year-old tree that grows 300 varieties of mangoes. The Namo tree is still young and has just 20 mangoes on it. But the 73-year-old has special plans for it.
Khan says, "As soon as these mangoes ripen, I want to send them to Modi."
Not just Namo, the Abdulla nursery is home to many other celebrities. Aishwarya and Sachin are doing well, but Akhilesh, named after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, has been a disappointment as it has failed to flower this year.
The mango season is upon us so is a new political climate and expectations are running high both from the mango and the man it has been named after.
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