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I held slippers for Rahul out of courtesy: Former minister

Dec 09, 2015 07:43 PM IST

After videos and images of him holding slippers to enable Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi wear them went viral, former Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said he did that out of courtesy to help his party top leader wade through a flooded street in Puducherry.

After videos and images of him holding slippers to enable Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi wear them went viral, former Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said he did that out of courtesy to help his party top leader wade through a flooded street in Puducherry.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his visit to flood affected areas in Chennai.(PTI)
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi during his visit to flood affected areas in Chennai.(PTI)

On Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi toured flood-hit regions of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. During his visit to the Union Territory, regional Congress leaders, including Narayanasamy had accompanied him.

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Among Rahul’s tour pictures and videos was one showing Narayanasamy -- slightly bent -- and holding a pair of slippers for his leader to wear which it went viral.

When questioned, Narayanasamy said,”it was not Rahul Gandhi’s slippers, it was mine and I was holding it for him to wear out of courtesy so that he could walk through a flooded neighbourhood.”

“Rahulji was wearing shoes and he had to remove it as the street was flooded. As he got ready to walk barefoot, I offered mine as the flooded street had thorns and rough stones,” he told PTI.

“I followed Rahulji by wearing another pair of slippers given to me by a party worker,” he said.

A former Member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Narayanasamy is a prominent Congress leader in Puducherry.

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