Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare, Girish Chandra Yadav, who went to Banda to check the ground reality of the government's public welfare schemes, faced the grim reality of a state-run guest house where he was bitten by a rat while sleeping in the circuit house on Saturday night.
The scared minister woke up and thought it was a snake bite and was treated for the same. He woke up his staff and they in turn rang up the district officials.
As the minister claimed it was a snake bite, he was admitted to the district hospital and after about three hours of treatment, when he was satisfied that he was not bitten by a snake but by a rat, he was discharged from the hospital.
This is a case of Banda district of Uttar Pradesh where along with the Group of Ministers, Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare in the Yogi Adityanath government, Girish Chandra Yadav, had also gone to investigate the ground reality of the implementation of welfare schemes in the district.
“At night, the minister was staying in the circuit house surrounded by thickets and located near the bypass. Suddenly he felt he was bitten by some insect on the leg while sleeping. Since there is a forest around the circuit house, the minister got frightened and thought it could be a snake. He was taken to hospital fearing he was bitten by a snake," a staff of the minister said on Monday.
The official said that the treatment started in a hurry. On receiving the information, the district magistrate, the additional district magistrate, the city magistrate and the circle officer also reached the district hospital.
“After about three hours of treatment, the doctors were convinced that the minister was bitten by a rat while sleeping,” Chief Medical Superintendent of Banda district hospital, Dr SN Mishra, said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has created 18 Groups of Ministers (GoMs) and has asked them to visit all 18 divisions for three days from April 29. The ministers have been specifically asked to stay at night in the circuit house and not in hotels.