A photo of Chaudhary Lal Singh touching the collar of a female doctor while others watched went viral on Twitter and Facebook, with the opposition demanding action against the minister.
New Delhi, Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh was
caught on camera on Tuesday inappropriately touching a
woman doctor at a government hospital in Lakhanpur.
A photo of the minister touching the collar of a female doctor
while others watched went viral on Twitter and Facebook, with
the opposition demanding action against the minister.
This is not the first time Singh has courted controversy. Just
two weeks after taking his oath in February this year, he had
landed in a controversy after a woman doctor filed a complaint
against him, accusing him of �??mental harassment
amounting to outraging modesty�??.
The complainant alleged that she was standing with other
hospital staff when the minister walked towards her and asked
her why wasn�??t she wearing her lab coat. To this, she
replied that as it was a social function she thought it was not
required. The minister, according to the complainant, shouted
at her and said, �??It is an official function.�??
The doctor said she informed the minister that at times
psychiatrists don�??t wear their coats even in hospital wards,
so as to make their patients feel comfortable around them. But,
she alleged, the minister shouted at her and said, �??Who has
invited you here?�??
�??He snapped his fingers at me and said: �??Tumhara Kaam
Ho gaya, chalo niklo bahar�??,�?? the doctor said in her
complaint.