A short clip of actor turned politician Hema Malini ‘sweeping’ the floors outside the Indian Parliament in New Delhi has gone viral with several mocking her ‘act’ for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Initiative).
Ms Malini with was seen participating in the cleanliness drive within Parliament premises along with colleague and Minister of State for Finance Anurag Takhur on Saturday.
‘It is highly appreciable that the Speaker of the House took initiative to carry out 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Parliament premises. I will go back to Mathura next week and carry out this Abhiyan there as well,’ the MP told reporters.
However, she was heavily trolled online after a viral video showed her sweeping and cleaning without her broom touching the ground.
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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was among the first ones to mock the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MP.
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