 "Images of former Union Minister V Narayanasamy holding slippers for Rahul Gandhi go viral")
Chennai: After videos and images of him holding slippers to enable Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to 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. [caption id=“attachment_2539320” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] V Narayanasamy. IBNLive[/caption] 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. Among Rahul’s tour pictures and videos was one showing Narayanasamy — slightly bent — and holding a pair of slippers for his leader to wear and it went viral.
Congress leader Narayanaswamy hold Rahul Gandhi’s slippers at Puducherry https://t.co/8mMi4caGca via @YouTube
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A section of the media claimed that the former Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office during UPA-II was holding Rahul Gandhi’s slippers.
Video of Congress leader V Narayanaswamy holding slippers for Rahul Gandhi goes viral https://t.co/r6sveT43e6 pic.twitter.com/sQpI30YjEk
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Asked about it, 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. PTI
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