Patna: A man was arrested after allegedly trying to manhandle Union Minister Giriraj Singh in Bihar’s Begusarai, the BJP leader’s Lok Sabha constituency.
The minister’s supporters cornered the man and beat him up before handing him over to the police.
The Lok Sabha MP was conducting a ‘Janta Darbar’ programme where the man came with a petition.
“The bearded person dressed like a Moulvi came to me with a petition and asked me to look into it. I told him that the Janta Darbar is over and he should have come on time. He then took the microphone and started shouting slogans against me. At one point of time, it appeared that he would physically attack me,” said the minister, adding that the person was not talking in an appropriate manner.
“He was overpowered by the people who had gathered there. He was handed over to police later,” said Singh.
Singh claimed that Opposition leaders like Tejashwi Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal and Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party may support the attacker because of his appearance.
“Unfortunately, just because he (the attacker) had a beard, today Tejashwi Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav will support him. However, I am not afraid of such things and I will raise my voice against anyone trying to break communal harmony in Ballia, Begusarai and other nearby areas,” asserted the minister, who is known for his hardline stance on Hindutva.
