Watch: Union Minister Anurag Thakur pushes bus that broke down causing traffic jam

New Delhi, Nov 08: Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur was highly praised on social media for lending a helping hand in pushing a bus that was stuck on a narrow road in Himachal Pradesh.

In the video, Thakur was seen pushing a bus that broke down in the middle of a highway causing a traffic jam in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur. He was campaigning in Bilaspur for the state Assembly elections when he noticed a traffic jam caused by a bus full of passengers that had broken down on a narrow road passing through the village.

In a gentlemanly gesture, the union minister stepped out of his car and joined the people who were pushing the bus out of the way. He also interacted with the driver and passengers, enquiring about their condition, and then left for further campaigning once things were sorted.

#WATCH | Union Minister Anurag Thakur was seen pushing a bus that broke down in the middle of a highway causing a traffic jam in Himachals Bilaspur.

The Ministers convoy was also stuck in traffic pic.twitter.com/2EPNLKGSJb

— ANI (@ANI) November 8, 2022

The video, after it landed on social media, is eliciting many responses and the good Samaritan act of the minister is winning many hearts.

Union Minister @ianuragthakur ji was seen pushing a bus that broke down in the middle of a highway causing a traffic jam in Himachals Bilaspur.

The Minister is truly a people’s leader, who doesn’t believe in VIP culture like INC.
pic.twitter.com/YTn7mxOn4f

— Diksha Verma (@dikshaaverma) November 8, 2022

Waah what a great gesture.. @ianuragthakur .. https://t.co/QrqsTsTczh

— ShashikantTiwari शशिकान्त तिवारी (@captstiwari) November 8, 2022

On his way to address an election meeting in Bilaspur, I&B Minister @ianuragthakur found himself stuck in a traffic jam caused by a bus that had stalled. He got off his car, pushed the bus to help the driver get the engine going, left for next meeting.#HimachalPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/78wAZAUYZc

— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) November 8, 2022

Thakur on Tuesday slammed the Congress and compared its 60-year rule in Himachal Pradesh with the five-year rule of the BJP.

"Compare Congress's 60 years of rule to our 5 years of rule, and you'll see that our 5 years of the rule will have more weightage. They (Congress) have only stopped developments whereas we have brought developments in the state," ANI quoted Thakur as saying at a public rally in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday.

The Union Minister highlighted the key points of BJP's manifesto and said that the government will ensure 33 percent reservation for women in government jobs, cycles for school-going students and scooty for college-going students, Rs 51,000 to poor women during their marriage, 3 free gas cylinders in a year for poor women, if BJP comes to power in Himachal Pradesh, according to a report in ANI.

The election in the hill state for 68 assembly seats will be held on November 12, and counting will be held on December 8.