Video shows party worker washing feet of Maharashtra Cong chief Patole; kicks up row
Akola (PTI): A controversy has erupted after a video showed a Congress worker washing the feet of the party's Maharashtra chief Nana Patole before stepping out of a car in Akola district of the state, with the ruling BJP targeting him for "insulting" the workers of his party.
The incident took place on Monday when Patole was at Wadegaon in the district to take part in an event.
The video shows the party worker pouring water on Patole's feet and cleaning them with his hands while the Congress leader is stepping out of the vehicle.
Reacting to the controversy over the episode, Patole said his feet got muddied after taking part in a procession of the holy symbolic footprints of Saint Gajanan Maharaj.
One of the workers put water from a bottle as there was no tap available nearby, he said.
Patole also hit out at the government saying that while the farmers are burdened by loans and need to be brought out of their plight, the ruling dispensation was not at all concerned.
Targeting Patole, BJP Mumbai uploaded the video on X and said, "What a misfortune, Congress is repeatedly insulting the workers whose might it uses to contest elections."
It is very shameful that Congress' Maharashtra chief Nana Patole made a worker wash his muddied feet, it said, and asked where it was the real culture of the grand old party.
BJP leader Chitra Wagh also targeted Patole over the act.
#WATCH | Nana Patole's muddy feet washed by a party worker controversy, Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole says, "...I am not hiding yesterday's incident. The worker was pouring water (on my feet). There was no tap - 'Har ghar mein nal, har ghar mein jal', otherwise I… pic.twitter.com/sSGIOn4L5n
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Stalin urges Centre to rollback commercial LPG price hike
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday demanded that the Centre immediately rollback the hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices. The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on May 1, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
In his social media X platform, the DMK chief alleged that as predicted before the polls, the BJP-led union government has raised LPG prices immediately after the elections concluded.
"When global crude oil prices fell, the benefits were not passed on to the people, " he said, accusing the Centre of "using the West Asia war crisis as an excuse to raise the prices without regard for public welfare".
Calling for protection of the livelihood of the people, Stalin demanded an immediate rollback of the LPG price hike.
He asked the Centre to consider the people's suffering and find solutions.
