Video of ‘Hanuman’ welcome for new Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister sparks row

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A Hanuman mascot suspended from a crane was used to welcome new Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav with a garland in Ujjain, leading to criticism from the Opposition...

This incident took place just days after Yadav was sworn in as the Chief Minsiter of Madhya Pradesh, where the Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in the recently concluded assembly elections...

The incident from the Ujjain event was captured on video, which shows a Hanuman mascot suspended from a crane and mimicking flying to welcome the Chief Minister with a garland...

"Doesn't the act of hanging Bajrang Bali (lord Hanuman) on a crane to welcome the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh raise eyebrows among the hypocrites?".

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