"Feet Covered In Mud...": Congress' Nana Patole On Foot-Washing Video Row

Nana Patole, however, declared himself unbothered by criticism, and counterattacked by claiming others received similar treatment but were not attacked.

Maharashtra Congress boss Nana Patole landed has landed in controversy after a video circulated online showed an unidentified man - believed to be a party worker - washing his feet. The video, shared by news agency IANS, showed Mr Patole sitting in a car as the party worker cleans his feet. Congress has a Nawabi Feudal Shehzada mindsetMaharashtra Congress president Nana Patole's gets his leg and feet washed by a party worker in Akola...They treat Janta and workers like Ghulam & themselves like Kings & QueensImagine how they treat people without coming to… pic.twitter.com/dmzeSUNZxB PM Shri @narendramodi ji upholds dignity by not allowing anyone to touch his feet, while #CONgress leader Nana Patole has Karyakartas wash his feet.The deep-seated slavery mindset in @INCIndia starts with the Nehru-Gandhi family and pervades the entire party. pic.twitter.com/4kgeinyuc4

The top Congress leader - who seemed to make no effort to stop the party worker - was in Akola district and reportedly spent the day outdoors, where the ground had turned muddy after rain.

He has since clarified the sequence of events and said it had been blown out of proportion, noting he had asked for some water to wash his feet as they were covered in mud. "I come from a farmer family and am used to having my feet covered in mud... So I had asked a party worker to bring water. He poured it and I washed my feet myself," Mr Patole said Tuesday at a press conference.