Viral Wheelchair Video Stuns UP: MLA Explains Healthy Man's Photo-Op

• A video from Sultanpur, UP, went viral showing MLA Sitaram Verma giving a wheelchair to a seemingly healthy man who then walked away, sparking controversy.
• The incident occurred at Lambhua block during an equipment distribution event for disabled individuals.
• MLA Sitaram Verma later clarified that the wheelchair was for Sandeep Kumar, who was ill, so his father, Ramdhani, received it and was made to sit for the photo-op.
• District Backward Classes Welfare Officer Mudit Srivastava confirmed the MLA's explanation, stating the disabled beneficiary was absent due to illness.
• The act of staging the photo with a healthy person caused significant embarrassment for the MLA and the district administration.

Why It Matters: MLA Sitaram Verma faced embarrassment over a viral wheelchair video, later clarifying it was for a disabled person's ill father.