Uma Bharti's Controversial "Bureaucracy Picks Up Our Chappals" Remark
NDTV
"Bureaucracy is nothing. Bureaucracy is there to pick up chappals (slippers). It picks up our slippers. We only allow that," former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti bragged at an event.
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, in a series of controversial comments undermining the bureaucracy, has said that officials are around only "to pick up our slippers" and have "no standing (aukat)". ब्यूरोक्रेसी कुछ नहीं होती,चप्पल उठाने वाली होती है..चप्पल उठाती है हमारी @umasribharti का बयान @ndtv@ndtvindia@manishndtv@GargiRawat@sanket@alok_pandey@vinodkapripic.twitter.com/IRBQNA9vVe
The video of her comment has been widely shared since Saturday.
"Bureaucracy is nothing. Bureaucracy is there to pick up chappals (slippers). It picks up our slippers. We only allow that," the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and ex Union Minister bragged at an event.