Though the celebrated children’s rights crusader Kailash Satyarthi received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, a minister by the name of Kailash Vijayavarghiya received all the praise and appreciation in India, reported NDTV.com.
Many lawmakers and ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state thought that Industry Minister Kailash Vijayavarghiya had won the award for his “humanitarian work.”
In the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, ministers from the BJP congratulated Vijayavarghiya warmly, while members of the Opposition alleged that the BJP had swung the awards for Vijayavarghiya.
Vijayavarghiya was not embarrassed by being mistaken for the Nobel laureate. He said that the confusion was caused by the fact that he was more well-known in the state than Satyarthi.