‘Cutest application': Congress MP Imran Masood receives letter from children to clean local playground; goes viral
Imran Masood, MP from Saharanpur, received a letter on Wednesday from a group of children asking the Congress leader to clean a local playground.
The letter was posted by Qazi Hamza Masood, nephew of Imran Masood, on social media, who described the request as the 'cutest application.'
The group of children belonged to Masoodabad Colony, a locality in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. They asked Masood to 'clean the only place' where they can play together.
'We, the children of (Masoodabad Colony), are writing this letter to request your kind attention. There is a plot in our locality which, we have come to know, belongs to you. We often play in this ground as we do not have any other open space nearby. It is the only place where we can play together.
However, the ground has become dirty and unsafe because of wild plants, garbage, and overgrown bushes recently. We even saw two snakes, which has made us and our parents very worried.
We love to play there but now it feels dangerous,' the letter read.
'One of the kids must have persuaded their elder sister to pen this down,' an Instagram user commented.
'So is the plot clean now show the pictures' another said.
'I am sure MP sahab will definitely work on these children's request asap,' commented another user.
The post has garnered over 37,000 likes on Instagram.
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