Held slippers for Rahul out of courtesy: former minister

Chennai: After videos and images of former union minister V Narayanasamy holding Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's slippers went viral on the internet, he explained that he held them out of courtesy to help Gandhi wade through a flooded street in Puducherry. He said, “It was not Rahul Gandhi's slippers, it was mine and I was holding it for him to wear out of courtesy so that he could walk through a flooded neighbourhood. Rahulji was wearing shoes and he had to remove it as the street was flooded. As he got ready to walk barefoot, I offered mine as the flooded street had thorns and rough stones.” Rahul Gandhi toured flood-hit regions of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, accompanied by regional Congress leaders, including Narayanasamy.