By: Lauren Codling
AN Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite government efforts to stop people relieving themselves in the open. Ram Shinde, a minister for water conservation in the western state of Maharashtra, was filmed answering the call of nature in a field by the side of a road Saturday. The clip spread online the following day. November 19 marks the United Nations’ official World Toilet Day, which aims to raise awareness about the health risks caused by a lack of lavatories. Shinde, a member of…
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