‘Collector Saheb Padenge’: Officer comes to rescue minister as she fails to read R-Day speech

Gwalior: Imarti Devi, the women and child development minister in the Kamal Nath government, has put the Congress party in a spot after she failed to read out chief minister Kamal Nath’s message during a Republic Day function organised here.

The incident was caught in camera and the videos have gone viral across social media platforms. It can be seen that Devi reading out the CM’s message in broken Hindi but suddenly asks the district collector to take over and read the CM’s remaining message.

Before the 43-year-old minister hands over the mic, she says, “Collector saheb padenge (collector will read it).”