Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur on Thursday found himself in the eye of a storm after he was caught on camera touching a woman “inappropriately”.

The minister claimed “there is no truth in the clipping” and that he was directing women BJP workers to board a bus.

The purported video clip of the incident, which went viral on social media and was flashed on TV news channels, showed the veteran politician slapping the rear of a woman.

The 85-year-old former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister was to flag off a bus in Barkheda Nathu area when the incident occur.

WATCH: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur touches a woman inappropriately during an event in Bhopalhttps://t.co/kOLz9TU2lQ — ANI (@ANI_news) April 21, 2016

“I only directed women workers to board the bus quickly as it was meant for them only. There is no truth in the clip as shown. Whatever I am saying is true,” Gaur told PTI.

On a few earlier occasions too, Gaur, a 10-time MLA from Govindpura seat in Bhopal, has sparked off controversies with his off-the-cuff remarks, often embarrassing his party.

Last year, the octogenarian leader had made controversial statement that drinking liquor is a “fundamental right” and that it is a “status symbol” too.

He had made the remarks while asserting that crime rate doesn’t go up because of alcohol consumption.

The veteran leader had once described rape as a social crime, saying “sometimes it’s right, sometimes it’s wrong”.

The minister also remarked that sexual crime in Chennai is low as women wear “full clothes”.

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