The party has taken a big action in the case of beating of BJP MLA Yogesh Verma in Lakhimpur. The party has expelled four people from BJP, including Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh and his wife Pushpa Singh, who assaulted him. These also include Anil Yadav and Jyoti Shukla. State General Secretary Govind Narayan Shukla has issued a letter.
It is being told that MLA Yogesh Verma reached Lucknow on Monday, October 14, along with 20 MLAs to meet Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana, where he met the Speaker and state CM Yogi Adityanath. After which the UP unit of BJP took action and expelled all four people from the party. Earlier, the party had issued a show cause notice to four people including Awadhesh Singh. Although the UP government did not take any action on this, now the party has taken strict action and shown these people the way out.
The video of the assault went viral on social media
In fact, on October 9, during the Urban Cooperative Bank elections, Advocate Association President Awadhesh Singh had assaulted MLA Yogesh Verma. Whose video went viral on social media. It is clearly visible in the video that Yogesh Verma is coming from the front, during this time Awadhesh Singh slaps him. Due to which Yogesh Verma gets angry and he also moves forward to hit.
Meanwhile, Awadhesh Singh’s supporters reach there. After this, everyone starts beating the MLA. Tension increases due to this incident, although the policemen present there intervened. At the same time, after the incident, the MLA returned his security. However, despite the MLA’s complaint, the police did not register an FIR against Awadhesh Singh.
Police ready to register a case
However, five days after the incident, now Lakhimpur police has agreed to register a case. It is being told that the case will be registered only on the complaint given by the MLA. In such a situation, now the problems of Awadhesh Singh and his companions may increase.
SP targeted the BJP government
At the same time, the politics of the state has also heated up on this matter. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has targeted the government over this matter. When the FIR was not registered, he linked it to his PDA formula. Sharing a post on social media, he said that the real reason for the insult of the ruling party MLA is that he is a PDA before being an MLA of the ruling party. At the same time, SP MP from Lakhimpur Kheri, Utkarsh Verma, also attacked the state government and said that when the MLAs are not safe in the state, then what will happen to the common man.