BENGALURU: Medical education minister K Sudhakar, who is at the forefront of the state government's efforts to stem the spread of the virus in Bengaluru and who is in charge of the state Covid-19 war room, has landed in a soup for posting a photograph of himself in a swimming pool.
Sudhakar tweeted the photo of him and his children in a pool at his bungalow in Sadashivanagar, a high-profile residential area in Bengaluru, with the caption, "After a long time joined my children for swimming hope maintaining social distancing here also.. haha (sic)."
The tweet incensed many of his supporters, who said the minister cannot post such "insensitive" pictures in these times of crisis.
Many Twitter users mocked Sudhakar with their own satirical versions of his poses, but some defended him saying his private moments should not be politicised. Sudhakar later deleted the tweet, but it had been widely shared by then.
Sudhakara defended himself, saying he did not nothing wrong. "In the past two months, I have hardly spent time with my family and children," he told TOI. "We are struggling. My children requested me to join them. How can I not join my children for 10, 15 minutes? It is a children's pool inside my own house. Is it a crime?"
KPCC president D K Shivakumar, Sudhakar's neighbour, was one of the first to lash out at the minister, demanding his scalp. "When the whole world is going through a health crisis, Sudhakar is behaving irresponsibly by spending time in a swimming pool. It's a matter of moral and ethical standards. He must resign of his own accord or else the chief minister should sack him from the cabinet, Shivakumar tweeted.
Sudhakar tweeted the photo of him and his children in a pool at his bungalow in Sadashivanagar, a high-profile residential area in Bengaluru, with the caption, "After a long time joined my children for swimming hope maintaining social distancing here also.. haha (sic)."
When the whole world is going through a health crisis, the Corona in-charge Minister Dr. Sudhakar is behaving irres… https://t.co/h2iiNduIDS
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) 1586759188000The tweet incensed many of his supporters, who said the minister cannot post such "insensitive" pictures in these times of crisis.
Many Twitter users mocked Sudhakar with their own satirical versions of his poses, but some defended him saying his private moments should not be politicised. Sudhakar later deleted the tweet, but it had been widely shared by then.
Sudhakara defended himself, saying he did not nothing wrong. "In the past two months, I have hardly spent time with my family and children," he told TOI. "We are struggling. My children requested me to join them. How can I not join my children for 10, 15 minutes? It is a children's pool inside my own house. Is it a crime?"
KPCC president D K Shivakumar, Sudhakar's neighbour, was one of the first to lash out at the minister, demanding his scalp. "When the whole world is going through a health crisis, Sudhakar is behaving irresponsibly by spending time in a swimming pool. It's a matter of moral and ethical standards. He must resign of his own accord or else the chief minister should sack him from the cabinet, Shivakumar tweeted.
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