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Purported audio of Congress MLA hurling abuses goes viral on social media
An audio clip in which a Chhattisgarh Congress MLA is purportedly heard abusing a deputy collector posted in Balrampur district went viral on social media on Thursday
An audio clip in which a Chhattisgarh Congress MLA is purportedly heard abusing a deputy collector posted in Balrampur district went viral on social media on Thursday.
MLA Brihaspat Singh, however, refuted the charges against him and claimed that the opposition party members and senior leaders of his party are hatching conspiracy against him.
Prafull Rajak, who is posted as the deputy collector of Ramanujganj in Balrampur, alleged that he got a call from the MLA on Wednesday evening and that the latter abused him on phone.
The main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party issued a press note on Thursday evening and demanded the state assembly speaker to take cognizance of the issue and sack Singh from the post of MLA.
“I have informed the collector and other senior officers of the district about the incident. I will file a written complaint with the police after taking legal advice,” Rajak told HT.
Rajak further said that the issue was between two groups seeking lease for fish rearing in the pond. Rejecting the allegations, the Congress MLA told reporters that the voice in the audio clip is not his.
“The audio clip did not belong to me and it is not my voice. Some people, including a national level leader of the opposition and some senior Congress leaders who are in the government, are hatching conspiracy against me,” said Singh.
The MLA was recently in the news when he alleged that his convoy was allegedly ‘attacked’ at the behest of state health minister TS Singh Deo in Surguja district.
Singh alleged that the reason behind the attack was that he had praised chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as he said that Baghel will continue to be the CM of the state due to which Singh Deo had a grudge against him.
Later, he apologised for his statement against him and claimed that it was an emotional outburst.
