We were attacked, says BJP MLA

BHARATIYA JANATA Party (BJP) MLA Salil Bishnoi has accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Surendra Mohan Agarwal and his supporters of attacking his party workers and creating communal tension to appease members of the minority community.

BHARATIYA JANATA Party (BJP) MLA Salil Bishnoi has accused the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Surendra Mohan Agarwal and his supporters of attacking his party workers and creating communal tension to appease members of the minority community.

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The BJP MLA also accused the SP leader of asking his gunner to fire gunshots to terrorise Bengali Mohal residents. The BJP MLA said, “In order to appease members of the Muslim community Agarwal asked his supporters to attack BJP workers.” “ Agarwal is hell-bent on creating communal tension in the city,” asserted Bishnoi.

Bishnoi also accused inspector of Collectorganj CD Gaur of issuing him threats of dire-consequences.

Bishnoi said Gaur had eminded him of the 2004 incident when the BJP had suffered fractured leg. “Now also you will face dire-consequences,” Bishnoi accused Gaur of telling him. Later, Bishnoi and BJP members raised the issue with DIG Daljit Chaudhary and lodged a formal complaint against the inspector.