A picture of Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku seeking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's blessing after he was sworn-in has emerged.
Sakku contested March's mayoral polls with the BNP's backing and defeated the Awami League-backed candidate to win a second consecutive term.
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The photo shows Sakku touching the prime minister's feet, as Sheikh Hasina smiles and places her hand on the mayor's shoulder. A bemused LGRD Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain looks on and claps.
The mayor was sworn-in on Thursday at the Prime Minister's Office.
“She is my elder,” Sakku said, reports Bangla Tribune. “So, I showed her respect.”
It is common practice in the sub-continent for the young to touch the feet of their elders as a show of deference.
Sakku's wife Afroza Jesmin, who was present at the ceremony, also touched the prime minister's feet and praised Hasina's candid pictures on the Cox's Bazar sea beach.