Shahjahanpur: On the occasion of international yoga day, UP Minister Laxmi Narayan waded into a controversy after he gets his shoelace tied by a government employee at an event held in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Friday.
In the video of the incident that went viral, the state minister can be seen standing while a government employee tying his shoelace.
The minister justified the incident saying the gesture of someone helping him wear his shoes should be appreciated. He further quoted "India was a country where Bharat ruled Lord Ram's kingdom for 14 years with the kharau (wooden slippers) of the latter on the throne. This (the gesture of someone helping him wear his shoes) should be appreciated."
Laxmi Narayan is the minister of minority affairs and dairy development in the Yogi Adityanath government. He was the chief guest at the event.
Narayan hasn't been new to controversies, last year while participating in the Deepotsav festival, he had claimed that Lord Ram had helped India become a global superpower. Later that year, he had said that Lord Hanuman was a" jat ", claiming his assessment was based on the fact that this popular Hindu god has traits similar to the Jat community.
Notably, it is not clear that the video of the incident was shot before or after the event.
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