Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani stirred a hornet’s nest on Tuesday when she posted an image on her official Instagram account, the text of which read, “When I was a kid, they didn't take me to a psychologist... My mom was able to open my chakra, stabilize my karma and clean my aura with one single slap.”

The caption of the post read, “My ma gleefully shared this with me … aur kis kis ki mataji ne aise aura clean ki hai kripaya haath uthayein” ( Whose mothers cleansed their aura like this, please raise your hands)