Bihar Minister Ram Surat Rai, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, is in the spotlight for his effusive praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A purported video has gone viral on social media in which the Minister for Revenue and Land Reforms can be seen holding forth before a small crowd, under a thatched roof.
"If you all are alive today, it is because of Narendra Modi,” the Minister, apparently not a believer in moderation of speech, can be heard as saying in the video.