“I have an emotional connect with The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally,” said Israeli ambassador to India Naor Gilon on Sunday. Gilon was a special invitee at the rally held here on Sunday at the Statesman House in Barakhamba.
The Israeli envoy said he has the emotional connect with the The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally as his year of birth coincides with the date on which the Rally was organised for the first time in the year in 1964 in Delhi.
He termed his visit for flagging off ceremony of the 56th edition of The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally as a “great experience”.
Talking to The Statesman after the flagging off ceremony of the Rally, he said, “I have a passion for vintage and classic cars.”
He informed that in India, this was his first Vintage and Classic Car Rally. “It was great to see people’s passion for vintage cars and all the cars participating in the Rally were beautiful,” he added.
The rally was jointly flagged off by Indian Oil Corporation Chairman cum Managing Director Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, NDMC Chairman Amit Yadav, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, and the Israeli Ambassador to India at the Statesman House.
Chairman of The Statesman R P Gupta and Editor and Managing Director of The Statesman Ravindra Kumar were prominent among those who were present on the occasion.
