<p>Bureaucrats will stoop to any level to seek favours from their political masters. This could be seen once again in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra town when a senior administrative official publicly touched the feet of a senior Samajwadi Party leader.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The magistrate-level official Atul Kumar was caught on camera touching the feet of SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav in Agra on Sunday.<br /><br />Yadav was in the town to attend a private function. A few government officials including Kumar had also reached there on getting the information of his visit.<br /><br />Just as Yadav was about to get into his vehicle, Kumar rushed towards him and touched his feet.<br /><br />Kumar is not the only official who has lowered the dignity of his profession by touching the feet of his political master. <br /><br />A few months ago, police chief of UP’s Etah district Ajai Mohan Sharma had touched the feet of SP general secretary Ram Asrey Kushwaha. <br /><br />Kushwaha had defended the cop’s act. <br /><br />“Sometimes officials have personal relations with leaders. Under such circumstances, they may touch the leader’s feet. What is wrong with that?” Kushwaha had said.<br /><br />“This is Indian culture. Paying respect is a part of it. Such things should not be blown out of proportion,” he had added.<br /><br />When the Bahujan Samaj Party was in power, the SP had raised a hue and cry when a senior police official deployed in the chief minister Mayawati’s security wing, had wiped out dust from her sandal after she alighted from a chopper in UP’s Aurayia district.<br /><br />State Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak had said the official must be punished.<br /></p>
<p>Bureaucrats will stoop to any level to seek favours from their political masters. This could be seen once again in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra town when a senior administrative official publicly touched the feet of a senior Samajwadi Party leader.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The magistrate-level official Atul Kumar was caught on camera touching the feet of SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav in Agra on Sunday.<br /><br />Yadav was in the town to attend a private function. A few government officials including Kumar had also reached there on getting the information of his visit.<br /><br />Just as Yadav was about to get into his vehicle, Kumar rushed towards him and touched his feet.<br /><br />Kumar is not the only official who has lowered the dignity of his profession by touching the feet of his political master. <br /><br />A few months ago, police chief of UP’s Etah district Ajai Mohan Sharma had touched the feet of SP general secretary Ram Asrey Kushwaha. <br /><br />Kushwaha had defended the cop’s act. <br /><br />“Sometimes officials have personal relations with leaders. Under such circumstances, they may touch the leader’s feet. What is wrong with that?” Kushwaha had said.<br /><br />“This is Indian culture. Paying respect is a part of it. Such things should not be blown out of proportion,” he had added.<br /><br />When the Bahujan Samaj Party was in power, the SP had raised a hue and cry when a senior police official deployed in the chief minister Mayawati’s security wing, had wiped out dust from her sandal after she alighted from a chopper in UP’s Aurayia district.<br /><br />State Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak had said the official must be punished.<br /></p>
