MODI PAUSES SPEECH, ASKS CAMERA TO FOCUS THE UNION SECRETARY OF SWACHH BHARAT WORK

While delivering speech in Bihar on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Parameswaran Iyer, the secretary in the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, for his contribution to the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan".

"Government officials are usually working in anonymity. We do not get to know the names of the bureaucrats whose works will win our admiration. However, I would like to breach the procedure and introduce Parameswaran Iyer to all," the prime minister said.

Modi then paused for a while during his nearly 50-minute speech and requested the reporters to shift the focus of their cameras on Iyer, who was seated in the audience. Iyer stood up and thanked people for their greetings.