You are Arjuna, nothing will happen to you, Karnataka CM comforts young cancer patients at Kidwai

Bengaluru “Partha means Arjuna. You are Arjuna. Nothing will happen to you. Go to school and study well,” Chief Minister D.K.

Shivakumar told Parthasarathy, a young boy undergoing treatment for blood cancer, during his visit to the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology on Saturday. The boy, from Hosur, was one of the many children the Chief Minister interacted with on Saturday. The visit to the Kapoor Children’s Ward on the occasion of Children’s Day saw the Chief Minister move from one bed to another, speaking to young patients, asking about their hometowns and dreams, and distributing chocolates and drawing books. When he approached Pooja from Humnabad, he asked her if she knew who he was.

“You are D.K. Shivakumar, the Chief Minister,” she replied, adding that she hoped to become a teacher one day. The Chief Minister also met two-year-old Jayalakshmi, who was recovering after treatment, and spoke to her mother, Anitha, who had brought the child from Kalaburagi.