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Indian minister kicks teenager who asked her for alms

Kusum Mehdele of Madhya Pradesh was sweeping the road as part of a cleanliness drive when a boy approached her

Web Desk November 01, 2015

Madhya Pradesh state minister Kusum Mehdele. PHOTO COURTESY: HINDI NEWS 18

An Indian state minister was caught on camera as she kicked a young boy begging her for alms.

Kusum Mehdele, the animal husbandry minister of Madhya Pradesh state, was in Panna to attend an event when she kicked the boy as he came between her and the car she was to climb on.

She was sweeping the road as part of a cleanliness drive when a 14-year-old boy approached her only to be rewarded with a kick in return.

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Mehdele, the BJP legislator, is yet to respond to the questions raised against her reaction.

This is not the first time that the said minister received outrage and criticism. In March she raised many a questions when she sought a law to let people domesticate or keep at homes big cats such as lions and tigers for their conservation.

The article originally appeared on NDTV

COMMENTS (11)

Ch. Allah Daad | 9 years ago | Reply She herself looks like a beggar.

Omar Sadiq | 9 years ago | Reply @Aditya: Naw, Pakistan is no role model country BUT is indeed a lot better than the racist and intolerant country called ENDIA!

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Rollin & Trollin | 9 years ago | Reply @Aditya: Yes, an old crone displaying such model manners and humanity; only in India.

Mrs HighBall | 9 years ago | Reply Fine display of that rare trait: Hindu charity

Demo | 9 years ago | Reply India did this. India did that. Why do you spend negative energy thinking about, and taking pleasure in other people's problems. This obsession is removing focus on feeling good about our own successes and working on our own areas of improvement.

Zahid | 9 years ago | Reply Shame on BJP Minister

Hameed | 9 years ago | Reply Like Modi like ministers. Can you blame her? At least she did not burn anyone alive like her leader.

Skywalker | 9 years ago | Reply If it is true, then I would like to see some opposition members putting ink on her. *Mehdele, the BJP legislator, is yet to respond to the questions raised against her reaction. Let us see what she says.

Azi | 9 years ago | Reply @Aditya: We are not the best but certainly better than India in a lot of aspects. Backbone of your economy is cheap labor and farmers who commit suicide publicity which your leaders could barely care for. Since this new radical govt has come, it has brought with it its own version of extremism which will one day spiral out of control and India will birth its own version of taliban.

Aditya | 9 years ago | Reply @Iqbal, Yup, agree with you. Pakistan is a model country and every country in the world should try to become like Pakistan.

Iqbal | 9 years ago | Reply No Pakistani minister will ever do this, otherwise PM will himself sack that minister. But this is India we are talking about.

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