Government Minister Ferries Patient Through Flooded Assam to Hospital, Twitter Calls it a 'Photo Op'
09:36 GMT 24.06.2022 (Updated: 08:51 GMT 14.02.2023)
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Floods have become an annual occurrence in Assam, a state in northeastern India. Environmentalists say it is due to glacial melt from the Himalayas, which reaches the region through a vast network of rivers, as well as monsoon rains. This year's flooding has affected 5.5 million people in the state, official data revealed.
A government minister from the Indian state of Assam was brutally trolled on social media after a video of him ferrying a patient to a hospital by boat went viral.
Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam's Transport Minister, became a boatman for a person who needed to be taken to a local hospital for a dialysis procedure.
In the clip, Suklabaidya can be seen navigating a submerged street in the Barak valley area of the state in a wooden boat.
Despite the minister's best efforts to be a good Samaritan, some netizens weren't impressed with the minister. While some of them labeled his act as a "photo op", others called it a "stunt".
Some even suggested the minister needed to hire a new "PR manager", and a few said he was just doing it for the sake of being in the news.
Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam's Transport Minister, became a boatman for a person who needed to be taken to a local hospital for a dialysis procedure.
In the clip, Suklabaidya can be seen navigating a submerged street in the Barak valley area of the state in a wooden boat.
Despite the minister's best efforts to be a good Samaritan, some netizens weren't impressed with the minister. While some of them labeled his act as a "photo op", others called it a "stunt".
Some even suggested the minister needed to hire a new "PR manager", and a few said he was just doing it for the sake of being in the news.
Haha...what a photo opps!...he made the real boatman to walk and push the boat behind him😄😄😄
— Kvj (@kvj_dr) June 23, 2022
These guys need a better PR manager !
— Masoom Hussain (@masoom_hussain1) June 23, 2022
Haha see people are walking comfortably. What a stunt
— Santhosh Gnanasurian (@santos_g15) June 23, 2022
People are walking and a guy is pushing the boat as well. Worst political stunt ever.
— Santhosh Gnanasurian (@santos_g15) June 23, 2022
Bro can literally walk but how would that have made any news. ?
— بلال سفیان (@ilalsuf) June 23, 2022
Two of the state's largest rivers - the Brahmaputra River and the Barak River, have overflowed their banks, leaving vast swathes of land submerged in deep water in at least 32 of the state's 35 districts.
Although the water has receded in several areas, normal life remains affected in Assam.
Although the water has receded in several areas, normal life remains affected in Assam.
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