Viral picture of Mizoram’s minister mopping the floor wins over internet

Team Udayavani, May 16, 2021, 10:25 AM IST

A picture of a patient mopping the floor in a hospital ward has surfaced on the internet. The catch here is that the patient is a minister in Mizoram.

R Lalzirliana, Mizoram’s power, and electricity minister said no to VIP culture and is now earning applauds for leading by example.

Lalzirliana was seen cleaning the floors with a mop at Zoram Medical College (ZMC) hospital, where he is currently admitted after testing positive for COVID-19.

Reports state that the minister, his wife, and their son were in home isolation initially. On May 12, the family was shifted to the state’s lone dedicated COVID-19 hospital when Lalzirliana showed a sudden drop in oxygen level..

The picture of him went viral online, the minister informed that his intention wasn’t to embarrass the hospital staff.

He had called for a sweeper to clean the ward as it was “messy”. As the sweeper couldn’t respond to his call, he decided to do it himself.

“Sweeping, mopping the floors, or performing household chores are no new jobs to me. I used to do it at home and other places when it was required to do so,” the minister said.

And there are politicians like R Lalzirliana, the power minister of #Mizoram, who was seen mopping the floor of the Covid ward where he is recovering after testing positive.#Aizawl #Northeast pic.twitter.com/IoBhvJB0us

— Anupam Bordoloi (@asomputra) May 14, 2021

Below is how internet reacted:

And the best part is that he he unaware that some one is clicking his photo. A sign of a good leader. God bless him.

— Pseudo NYM (@Cartoonist_JB) May 15, 2021

Those are the good leaders generally seen in northeast state.Even I had experienced at Gangtok when a top level bureaucrat cleaned the nearby area for some local event made by government.

— Subhra? (@Subhra__sahoo) May 15, 2021

A model to all politicians and VVIPs many of whom insist that their personal assistants shall help them to wear their shoes, socks, open and close car doors, etc

— ANILKUMAR (@anilpongalil) May 15, 2021