Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel admitted on Tuesday to a group of school students that he would get scolded by his parents when he was young because of his habit of returning home late.
Talking to girls at a tribal hostel in a village in Ramgarh region in Korea district, Baghel was pressed by the students to share his
childhood memories with them.
The Chief Minister promptly went down the memory lane.
“I used to play all the regional games in my village including the spinning top and gilli-danda,” he said.
“I also had to face the wrath of my parents when I returned late in the evening.
“Some time I went on long walks with the village shepherd. He would take me grazing land, a long way from my village.
“It was adventurous but my parents used to scold at me after that,” he added.
During the interaction, a girl, Shalini, asked the Chief Minister how their village looked like from a flying helicopter.
“It is very beautiful,” he responded, triggering clapping from the tribal girls.
A Class 5 student, Anuradha, sang a song in praise of the Chief Minister, who planted a sapling of a sandal tree in the hostel premises before leaving.