A video clip of a teacher couple prostrating before Ron MLA Kalakappa Bandi’s photo in Gadag district has gone viral on social media. The couple pray for his success and keep his photo along with those of gods in their puja room at home.

Ramanagouda Patil, a teacher at the Government Kannada Boys Higher Primary School in Abbigeri, and his wife Prabhavati, a teacher at the Government Kannada Girls Higher Primary School in neighbouring Jakkali village are seen prostrating to Bandi’s photo in the video. Ravindranath Doddameti, a social worker in Jakkali village, said the couple may have done it to express their gratitude to the MLA.