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Manipur Minister Karam Shyam pedals to office

Manipur Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Karam Shyam on Thursday arrived at his office riding a bicycle.

He also rode bicycle to the Chief Minster’s bungalow for a Cabinet meeting held in the afternoon.

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Calling upon the people to use bicycles to save on fuel, Minister Shyam on November 27 had announced that he would pedal to his office from his official residence — less than one km apart — every Thursday.

“If people use bicycles, it will help improve the country’s economy also,” Shyam had said.

Opposition Congress, however, has called the minister’s act a ‘publicity stunt’.

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