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‘Saraswati has arrived’: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, wife Surabhi welcome second child
This is the couple's second child, and Tiwari's third. He has a daughter with his first wife Rani Tiwari.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said Monday his wife, Surabhi Tiwari, and he had become parents to a baby girl. This is the couple's second (and Tiwari's third) child. The Bhojpuri actor-politician has a daughter from his marriage to his first wife, Rani Tiwari.
"It is with great pleasure that I inform that Saraswati has arrived in my house after Lakshmi.. Today a lovely daughter was born in the house... May all of you bless her...," he tweeted.
Sharing a photograph of the new addition to his family, the MP said the child had been named Surbhi-Manoj Tiwari.
In many Indian homes, the birth of a girl is often compared to the arrival of Saraswati (goddess of knowledge and wisdom) or Lakshmi (goddess of wealth and good fortune).
Politicians, celebrities and others replied congratulating the parents.
Last month Tiwari shared a video clip on Instagram from the baby shower.
Tiwari - who spent years as a popular singer and actor in Bhojpuri movies - contested his first election in 2009 on a Samajwadi Party ticket and lost. He switched to the BJP in 2014 and won the northeast Delhi Lok Sabha seat - which he defended successfully in the 2019 polls.
