Watch: Karnataka Speaker 'Pada pooja' to a Boy

In Indian society, it is an established fact that superstitions play a major role. There are many instances when people practice some superstitious acts hoping that it would do some favour to them and they can get rid of the problems if any. In politics, too many such superstitious acts were performed earlier to gain political power. Recently, the Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar, who was recently elected as Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly after BJP candidate pulled out of the race, was seen performing pada pooja of a junior Swamiji.