The ruling Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh was left red-faced after a video of a woman official touching feet of state Public Works Department and Environment Minister Sajjan Singh Verma in Dewas district went viral.
The video was shared by BJP state Vice President Vijesh Lunawat who tweeted saying: "This is the new Madhya Pradesh. Bureaucracy on the feet of the minister."
Watch the video here:
ये है नया मध्यप्रदेश अफसरशाही मंत्रीजी के चरणों में....
— Vijesh Lunawat (@vijeshlunawat) November 12, 2019
देवास की नगर निगम कमिश्नर सुश्री संजना जैन मध्यप्रदेश के मंत्री @sajjanverma24 की चरण वंदना करती हुई ।।।#वक़्त_है_बदलाव_का pic.twitter.com/AuwRdIqOQj
On Tuesday (November 12), several programmes were organised in the state, including Dewas, to commemorate 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak Dev.
The minister reached a gurdwara to pay his obeisance where the incident occurred. The woman officer is said to be Commissioner of Dewas Municipal Corporation, but this is yet to be confirmed.