New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ketaki Singh was caught on camera threatening Tehsildar in Balia district while a party worker who accompanied her hurled expletives.
BJP MLA was furious over the proposed demolition of house of a poor family during the demolition drive. The house was reportedly built on government land and bulldozers were deployed for removing the illegal encroachments.
Ketaki Singh, the legislator went on to warn the government officer that if the house of poor man is demolished, she will set the Tehsil on fire. As the video of legislator & her aides intimidating the Tehsildar & Lekhpal landed on social media, it went viral and drew strong reactions.
“You have the power of bulldozers, so you took them. We have the power of words. Shouldn’t you asked before using bulldozers? Had you demolished the house, I would set the entire tehsil ablaze,” the MLA can be heard saying in video.
Along with Ketaki Singh, former Pradhan Raju Dubey can be seen in the video, hurling abuses & expletives at the Tehsildar. All the while, the Tehsildar kept his composure and tried to placate the agitated legislator and her aides.
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विकास कार्यों के नाम पर जिस बेहिसाब दर पर सत्ता से जुड़े लोगों को करोड़ों का मुआवज़ा दिया जा रहा है, वही दर आम आदमी को भी दी जाए व उनको भी जिनके जायज़ निर्माण पर केवल विद्वेषवश बुलडोज़र चलाया गया है।
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— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 28, 2022
‘Cornered’ MLA clarifies after controversy escalates
Yogi government has laid down roadmap for clearing illegal encroachments and securing government land for development projects.
Facing backlash from various quarters, the MLA clarified that the ancestors of poor villagers had built a house at vacant government land.
“While they were repairing their house, bulldozers came and damaged their house. This is against the priorities of UP govt as no poor will be made to suffer, Ketaki Singh told newsmen.