Union minister Narayanaswamy visits serving soldier’s house to express condolences

Team Udayavani, Aug 22, 2021, 10:34 AM IST

Gadag: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment A Narayanaswamy mistakenly visited the residence of a living soldier, instead of the one who had died, and announced a government job and land to his kin.

The soldier’s family was in tears after the minister offered condolences. The soldier, however, is alive.

The Incident took place in the Gadag district during the minister’s ‘Jan Ashirvad Yatra’.

According to BJP leaders, Narayanaswamy was taken to the house of Ravikumar Kattimani, who is currently posted in Jammu and Kashmir region, instead of taking him to the house of Basavaraj Hiremath, who died in Pune a year ago.

As part of the minister’s itinerary, he was scheduled to visit the dead soldier’s family and offer condolences to them.

The minister visited the residence of a living soldier, instead of the one who was killed in action, after apparently being misled by local leaders.

The minister announcing a government job and land to kin took the family by surprise.

Soon after the minister’s announcement, the soldier’s parents started sobbing uncontrollably as they presumed that he had been killed and the minister had come to inform them about this death.