UP Leader Garlanded And Slapped Hard By Ex-Party Colleague At Event
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The video of the garlanding and slapping incident, which took place in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, surfaced on social media and went viral.
National president of the Suheldev Swabhiman Party, Mahendra Rajbhar, was slapped multiple times, moments after being garlanded by his former party leader at an event in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district.
The incident took place last week, in which Brijesh Rajbhar allegedly assaulted him in front of people at a Bhoomi Pujan event held during the Maharaja Suheldev's Vijay Diwas.
A video of the incident surfaced on social media and went viral.
Brijesh could be seen garlanding the leader and then hitting him multiple times on his face. Mahendra Rajbhar filed a complaint with the police against him and alleged that the assault was carried out at the behest of UP Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar.
He later told reporters that Brijesh allegedly assaulted him when it was his turn to speak at the event.
'I was the chief guest at the Bhoomi Pujan event in the Jalalpur police station area. At the end of the event, just as I was about to speak, Brijesh Rajbhar put a garland around my neck and then attacked me," he alleged.
However, Brijesh dismissed the charges and claimed that Mahendra Rajbhar took funding from Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and hurled abuses at him during the event.
'We were celebrating Maharaja Suheldev's Vijay Diwas when Mahendra Rajbhar showed up. During our conversation on various topics, he suddenly started abusing me," he alleged.
The Suheldev Swabhiman Party chief rejected the allegations.
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