Viral: 6-year-old writes to PM Modi about rising cost of Maggi, pencils

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No one, it seems, is immune to the ravages of inflation – not even young kids. A six-year-old has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to complain about the rising cost of living – more specifically about how it has led to Maggi and pencils becoming more expensive. Kriti Dubey’s letter to the prime minister has now gone viral on social media.

In her letter, Kriti told PM Modi that pencils and erasers have also become more expensive as a result of inflation – and so has Maggi, a snack beloved by children across the nation.

"My name is Kriti Dubey. I study in class 1,” she began her letter, which was written in Hindi.

“Modiji, you have caused immense price rise,” the Class 1 student from Uttar Pradesh continued. “Even the cost of a pencil and rubber [eraser] has increased. And the price of Maggi has been increased too. Now my mother beats me for asking for a pencil.

“What should I do? Other children steal my pencils,” she concluded.

Six-year-old girl of Class 1 has written a letter to PM Modi about hardship she is facing due to price rise. The girl, Kriti Dubey, of Chhibramau town in UP's Kannauj,wrote in her letter, "My name is Kriti Dubey.I study in class 1.Modiji, you have caused immense price rise. pic.twitter.com/vj9o9TZuZf

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The six-year-old’s letter on price rise was even mentioned in parliament when NCP’s Supriya Sule drew attention to it.

MP @supriya_sule participated in the discussion on Price Rise under rule 193 in Lok Sabha. She drew attention of the house to the far-reaching impacts of price rise and the open letter written by a 6-year-old Kriti Dubey from Uttar Pradesh on price rise of pencils. #GSTpic.twitter.com/ga8EM3UclF — NCP in Parliament (@NCP_Parliament) August 1, 2022

According to Business Today, Kriti belongs to Chhibramau town in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj. Her father, advocate Vishal Dubey, told reporters that she was upset about being scolded for losing a pencil.

“It’s my daughter’s Mann ki Baat. She got annoyed recently when her mother scolded when she lost her pencil in school,” he said.