In UP, BJP MLA Pankaj Gupta, A Slap, And Then A Clarification

The video exhibits an previous man slapping the BJP’s Pankaj Gupta, stated the Samajwadi Get together.

A viral video from Uttar Pradesh has given recent fodder to the opposition forward of the state elections to assault the Yogi Adityanath authorities. Because the video was being broadly shared, a immediate response got here from the BJP MLA Pankaj Gupta who was seen within the clip, being slapped by an previous man. “It was only a pat on the cheek,” he later advised reporters.

The 21-second clip exhibits the BJP MLA from Unnao on the stage at an occasion. An previous man comes near him after which is seen giving him a slap on the face. A few males then rapidly encompass this previous man – apparently questioning him for his motion – and escort him as all of them descend the stage. 

Former Chief Minister AKhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Get together seized the second. 

The celebration tweeted the video with a dig in Hindi- “At a public assembly organised by BJP MLA Pankaj Gupta, a farmer chief slapped the MLA. This slap was not for the MLA however for the BJP-led Yogi Adityanath authorities’s poor insurance policies, poor governance, and autocracy.”

….. farmer now claims he was lovingly waving his hand over the MLA and inadvertently hit him ???? pic.twitter.com/4oFpUmciaF

— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) January 7, 2022

However the MLA tried to clear the air concerning the clip from Wednesday’s occasion at a press meet with the previous man.

In one other video of the presser, a reporter requested the previous man – “You are saying that it was only a gesture out of fondness however is not it sending a improper message.”

“I didn’t hit him. I simply got here near him and requested him one thing, addressing him as “Beta (son)”.

Then the MLA intervenes, “The actual fact-of-the-matter is that incident has simply been twisted by the opposition for political mileage. They haven’t any points. They need to present that farmers are in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He (the previous man) is like my father. He used to do that earlier too.”