Bhopal, Sep 5: On the occasion of Teachers' Day on Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh education minister mocked transgenders while insisting students to give a round of applause to their teachers. Addressing a gathering of students, minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said if you don't clap for your teacher, you will go door to door and clap in your next life, in an apparent reference to Eunuchs' clap.

"Agar guru ke samman mein apne taaliyan nahi bajayi to agle janam mein ghar ghar ja kar taaliyan bajani padengi," Shah said. The minister further urged students to give a big round of applause to their teachers in respect on the occasion of Teachers' Day. Watch Madhya Pradesh education minister Kunwar Vijay Shah mocking transgenders in his Teachers' Day speech:

Earlier today, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the country's second President Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan on his birth anniversary, which is celebrated as Teachers' Day across the country. Radhakrishnan, an exemplary teacher was also a philosopher, scholar and politician. His work dedicated towards education shaped the youth of the country in the early years of the democracy.

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