Congress's Harish Rawat Wipes Shoes At Gurdwara To Atone For "Panj Pyare"

Earlier this week, Harish Rawat had apologized for loosely using a Sikh religious term and had promised to atone for it by volunteering his services at a gurdwara.

Congress leader Harish Rawat was seen cleaning shoes and sweeping the floor at a gurdwara today as part of his promised "penance" for recently comparing Navjot Sidhu and his team to "Panj Pyare", a term of reverence for Sikhs. #WATCH | Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat cleans shoes of devotees, sweeps the floor of Nanakmatta Gurudwara near Khatima in Udham Singh Nagar, UttarakhandOn Sept 1, he announced to sweep the floor of a gurudwara for referring to Punjab party functionaries as "Panj Pyare" pic.twitter.com/MvK97dtbNT In a video posted by news agency ANI, the Congress's Punjab in-charge was seen wiping down shoes of devotees at Nanakmatta Gurudwara in Udham Singh Nagar in his native Uttarakhand. Followed by a small crowd and TV cameras, Harish Rawat, his head covered, also swept the floor.