Sole-Searching: Madhya Pradesh candidate goes sole-searching, and will get extra blessings than he had requested for
INDORE: ‘Joote khana’ (being slapped with slippers) could also be thought of the final word humiliation however Congress Ratlam candidate Paras Saklecha fortunately obtained himself smacked on one cheek, after which turned the opposite, after going to a fakir identified to bless folks’s souls with soles.
The fakir, the truth is, blessed him fairly energetically and needed to be informed ‘bas bas, ho gaya’ (that is sufficient).A video of the incident was shared extensively on social media on Friday, voting day, although it occurred on Thursday.
When TOI contacted Saklecha, he mentioned, “He is a famous Fakir Baba, fondly called ‘Abba’ in the area. He lives in a Dargah on Mhow Road and is very respected. People seek to give him lungi, vest and slippers as offerings but he accepts only from very few people and throws the rest away.”
A day earlier than polling, Saklecha went to hunt his blessings and took alongside a pair of sandals. “The Fakir Baba accepted the slippers I gave him. By slapping me with the slippers, it’s his way to bless me. He has removed all the evil shadows, if any, that were upon me,” the Congress candidate mentioned.
Saklecha is contesting towards BJP‘s billionaire MLA Chetan Kashyap. In 2008, contesting as an unbiased, Saklecha had received the Ratlam meeting seat, however misplaced to Kashyap in 2013 and completed third. Kashyap received the seat in 2018 too and is in search of re-election for a 3rd time.
The fakir, the truth is, blessed him fairly energetically and needed to be informed ‘bas bas, ho gaya’ (that is sufficient).A video of the incident was shared extensively on social media on Friday, voting day, although it occurred on Thursday.
When TOI contacted Saklecha, he mentioned, “He is a famous Fakir Baba, fondly called ‘Abba’ in the area. He lives in a Dargah on Mhow Road and is very respected. People seek to give him lungi, vest and slippers as offerings but he accepts only from very few people and throws the rest away.”
A day earlier than polling, Saklecha went to hunt his blessings and took alongside a pair of sandals. “The Fakir Baba accepted the slippers I gave him. By slapping me with the slippers, it’s his way to bless me. He has removed all the evil shadows, if any, that were upon me,” the Congress candidate mentioned.
Saklecha is contesting towards BJP‘s billionaire MLA Chetan Kashyap. In 2008, contesting as an unbiased, Saklecha had received the Ratlam meeting seat, however misplaced to Kashyap in 2013 and completed third. Kashyap received the seat in 2018 too and is in search of re-election for a 3rd time.