Former cricketer and BJP MP Gautam Gambhir to launch ‘Jan Rasoi’ canteens that will serve lunch to the needy at Re 1 in his parliamentary constituency of East Delhi. The cricketer-turned-politician will inaugurate the first such canteen in Gandhi Nagar on Thursday.
Gambhir on his new canteen said “I have always felt that everybody has the right to healthy and hygienic food irrespective of caste, creed, religion or financial condition. It is saddening to see the homeless and destitute not being able to get even two square meals a day.”
The canteen to have a seat capacity of 100 people at a time but due to the COVID-19 pandemic only 50 people will be allowed at present.