New Delhi: Former Congress MLA Munnalal Goyal was assaulted by some locals as the politician visited the bereaved family that lives in his assembly constituency.
Goyal, a former Gwalior East MLA, is a staunch Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalist who had resigned from the State assembly after Scindia had left Congress and joined BJP. Goyal later accused Congress party of trying to eliminate him.
The incident occurred in Sirol police station premises of Gwalior district. The ex-MLA had contested the election from Gwalior East seat and the area comes under his constituency.
Along with his leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, he and 21 others had left Congress party, joined BJP and toppled the Congress government.
The ex-MLA had gone to visit house of one Paras Jatav who was witness in case under SC/ST Atrocity Act wherein a person was allegedly killed by five people when he was sleeping in his house in Hurawali village in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The relative took the body and staged protest at the police station premises where Goyal also reached on Tuesday morning.
Sources informed that someone pelted a stone at his SUV, which damaged his windscreen. The broken glass particles pricked into his face and other parts of body. While talking to media, Goyel claimed that Congress wants him to kill him. He added that if the driver has not acted swiftly, he would had died on the spot. He alleged that the Congress did not want him to contact voters but he will keep meeting people.
