Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Surjya Narayan Patro is in news for a wrong reason as he was seen urinating in the open.
The pictures of Patro, also a BJD vice-president, peeing under the open sky have gone viral on social media platforms.
While the Minister has made a mockery of sorts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the incidence refreshes the memories of Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh doing a similar act being flanked by security guards earlier in July last.
Twitter users have reacted variedly to Patro’s conduct. While some lambasted the Minister, some made fun of it.
This person Surya Narayan Patra is Cabinet Minister in Odisha and See his behaviour. #Shame, @birajanath tweeted.
The authenticity of the pictures, the location and time could not be independently verified.
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched since 2014 aims at making India open defecation-free by building toilets and sensitising people to use lavatories.
In reality, there aren’t sufficient public toilets leaving people with no chance but to relieve themselves in the open.