00:00Okay, let me turn from there to our only in India segment.
00:05A billionaire MLA in Mumbai disguised himself as a beggar and spent a few hours in his constituency.
00:13BJP legislator Parag Shah says he did it in an attempt to connect with the Aam Admi.
00:19It's a story that you could argue only happens in India.
00:23Take a look.
00:26This beggar walking the streets of Ghadkopar is a billionaire worth more than 3,000 crore rupees.
00:33He is Parag Shah, the local BJP MLA and one of Maharashtra's wealthiest legislators.
00:40The video is from the day Shah gave up his security detail and luxury cars to step out to the
00:47begging bowl.
00:51The MLA was advised by his spiritual mentor Namra Muni Gurudev to experience the life of a beggar ahead of
00:59Chaturmas,
01:00a four-month period considered sacred in Jainism.
01:04This was a process of listening to the Aam Admi, and this was the process of listening to our Guru
01:13Dev,
01:14Sri Namra Muni Maharashtra, who gave me a wish that you should be able to do your own waste for
01:23one day,
01:24and keep your attention, and go to a small level, and go to a small level of the people's lives.
01:35During Shah's brief avatar as a beggar, some people offered him food.
01:44After spending a few hours on the road, Shah removed his makeup and returned to the same spots he visited.
02:21Later, at an event, the MLA honoured those who helped him.
02:29I was also back in the ICU, and I was there?
02:34I thought I was there?
02:34I didn't tell you how much happened, but this is nothing.
02:34I took 5 questions, I thought, but…
02:40I was there and I didn't say it, but…
02:42I would go right out for my location.
02:44He's standing there, and he's standing there,
02:44so I am standing there.
02:45That means that we, I understand him.
02:48So he's a man, and asked him if he wants to talk about food,
02:51and I've come to make him a meal.
03:08Parag Shah claims the one-day experiment was an attempt to connect with a segment of society
03:14that gets overlooked often.
03:17With Dipesh Tripathi, Bureau Report, India Today.
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