Ivanka all praise for cyclist Jyoti

Washington, May 23: US President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump has praised 15-yearold Jyoti Kumari, who cycled down 1,200km carrying her ailing father during the nationwide lockdown in India, terming her act as a “beautiful feat of endurance and love”.

Stuck in Gurugram in Haryana due to the Covid19-induced travel restrictions and lockdown, a tenacious Jyoti asked her father to sit on the rear side carrier of her cycle and took him to his native place in Bihar, covering

1200km in seven days. Ivanka took to Twitter on Friday to highlight the story of the Indian girl, a class eight student, whose journey has become an extensive talking point even on social media where there has been talk about whether she has it in her to pursue cycling as a career.

“15 yr old Jyoti Kumari, carried her wounded

● American President’s daughter Ivanka Trump is impressed by the devotion shown by 15-yearold Jyoti Kumari, who pedalled

1,200km carrying her ailing father.

father to their home village on the back of her bicycle covering +1,200 km over 7 days.

“This beautiful feat of endurance & love has captured the imagination of the Indian people and the cycling federation!” Ivanka said in a tweet.

Impressed with the doggedness with which Kumari pedalled her way to Bihar from Gurugram, carrying her ailing father, the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) will invite Kumari to appear for a trial next month. —