Kanpur Commissioner posts photo of him cooking poha; Twitter says ’who cooks in suit and gas needs to be lit’

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Updated At : 06:26 PM Dec 20, 2021 IST

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Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, December 20

On a Sunday, Commissioner of Kanpur Raj Shekhar cooked “poha” and shared a picture of him on Twitter doing so from his kitchen.

But the scrutinizing social media users were amused to see that as the Commissioner cooked “poha” he did so without lighting his gas burner. And what then, the social media was quick to mock Shekhar, even though some users came to his defense, pointing out that the gas may have been turned off after the poha was cooked.

“Please wish me good luck. Trying my luck in cooking…Preparing the poha for the breakfast under guidance of Home Minister [sic],” the Commissioner of Kanpur wrote while sharing the pic, which shows him wearing earphones and smiling for the camera while holding a spatula.

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