India's Union Minister attacked during a public meeting, barely avoids punch
Giriraj Singh
Indian minister and seniorBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)leader Giriraj Singh was attacked on Saturday (Aug 31)by a man during aJanta Darbar in Balia town of Begusarai district in the state ofBihar.
A man named Mohammad Saifi attempted to punch the union minister in the face during the Janta Darbar proceedings. According to media reports, the accused first grabbedthe microphone and started saying offensive things to which the BJP members present there protested. During the chaos, Saifi attempted to punch Singh.
However, the Begusarai MP narrowly escaped and left unhurt. As per reports, Mohd Saifi is a ward councillor from a village in the Balia subdivision and a public representative. The police held the accused in their custody.
"I am Giriraj and I will always speak and fight for the interests of the society. I am not going to be scared by these attacks," the BJP leader said in his statement after the attack on X.
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"Those who pamper and caress them on seeing their beard and cap should see today how land jihad, love jihad and communal tension is being created in the entire country including Begusarai, Bihar," he said along with a video.
Earlier, the union minister welcomed the abolition of “Friday namaz break” in the Assam legislative assembly, where it had been in force since the British era.
Talking to journalists in Bihar’s Begusarai district, his Lok Sabha constituency, Singh also slammed leaders of the INDIA bloc for raising objections to the move in the northeastern state ruled by the BJP.
“I thank the Speaker of the assembly in Assam as well as the government of the state for taking the step. It is essential to have uniformity in law and no preferential treatment should be given to any religious community,” Singh said.
He added, “Leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav are champions of the Muslim vote bank. If they had their way, there would be holidays across the country every Friday.”
(With inputs from agencies)