Video: Party Worker Puts Garland On UP Politician, Then Slaps Him Multiple Times
A party worker reportedly slapped Mahendra Rajbhar, national president of the Suheldev Swabhiman Party (SSP), repeatedly soon after garlanding the latter on stage during a public gathering in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district. After a video of the assault went viral on social media, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav condemned the incident as "another example of atrocities and insult" on PDA, alleging the BJP's complicity in it. Mr Yadav uses the abbreviation PDA for ‘pichde' (backward classes), Dalits, and ‘alpsankhyak' (minorities). The incident took place at Ashapur village under the Jalalpur police station limits during a function held on the occasion of Maharaja Suheldev's victory day.
