Soon after meeting tribal labourer Dashmat Rawat, who was urinated upon by Pravesh Shukla, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that for him the poor is God and he believes that God resides in every human. "Serving the people is equal to worshipping God...Respect and security is important for the poor," he added. CM Chouhan also washed Rawat's feet.