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AGRA: The suit that had ‘ Narendra Damodardas Modi ’ monogrammed as pinstripes on it created quite a bad press for PM Modi, but Laljibhai Badshah, the Surat diamond baron who offered to buy the suit for Rs 4 crore but lost the bid, isn't bothered about all that. In Vrindavan, Laljibhai said he will donate Rs 200 crore to 10,000 girls (Rs 2 lakh each) across the country.A major real estate player and also co-founder of Diamond Aeronautics in Surat, Badshah made this announcement at Vatsalya Gram, Vrindavan, during his visit on Monday. He said he would launch this programme in Surat on March 13 and parents of 10,000 girls, selected from Gujarat, would be paid Rs 2 lakh each so that they do not have to bother about their education and marriages.Badshah, who attended the closing ceremony of a function at Vatsalya Gram, a charitable trust which encourages sponsorships to help the needy and poor children, said he was very impressed and inspired by Sadhvi Ritambhara’s work. He said his announcement is a "small contribution" to the ongoing ‘beti bachao, beti padhao’ campaign of the Union government.Badshah is known for his philanthropy. Only last year he had gifted bonds of Rs 2 lakh each to 5,000 newborn girls of the Patidar community in Gujarat . The girls would get over Rs 2 lakh when they attain the age of 21 years and the premium for the bonds, which amount to Rs 2 crore (at the rate of Rs 4,000 per girl for 14 years) would be paid by him.Lavji, Badshah's younger brother, had lost the bid for the monogrammed suit which was ultimately purchased by another Gujarati diamond baron and private airline owner, Laljibhai Patel, for Rs 4.31 crore in February 2015. There were a total of 47 bids for the bandgala suit.