WATCH: If god cannot fulfill your wishes, how can an MP: Mahesh Sharma in Bulandshahr

In the race up to the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Mahesh Sharma, while addressing a gathering here, asked how a Member of Parliament (MP) can fulfill wishes of people when God himself cannot.

Mahesh Sharma, who was speaking at a rally in Bulandshahr on March 14, was heard saying: "The biggest fool is God. When God has sent us into the world, then it is his responsibility to arrange for our bread, cloth, house, employment, education for our children." 

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"Even today, people in other districts, including eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, do not get enough food. When the children go to school, they fill the stomach with mid-day meal, the rest are hungry. If the God who created us cannot fulfil your wishes then how could an MP?" he added.

The Member of Parliament from Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh was addressing a rally in Bhajan Lal temple in Bulandshahr when he made the statements, news agency ANI reported.

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