Posters put up in Jamui to trace ‘missing’ Chirag

PATNA: Posters have been put up at different locations in Jamui district showing LJP president and local MP Chirag Paswan 'missing' from his constituency during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over a dozen posters put up near Kutchery Chowk and its adjoining localities reportedly by Janshakti Vikash Party (JVP) slammed the MP for remaining incommunicado at the time of crisis.

The posters further claimed that the MP had not visited his constituency even once in the last six months. JVP chief Pradip Kumar Singh also announced a reward for tracing Chirag.

“The MP is so callous that he doesn’t respond to phone calls of people from his constituency, from where he has been elected to the Lok Sabha twice,” one of the posters read.

The JVP chief lashed out at Chirag for leaving people of Jamui to fend for themselves when they required the MP’s assistance the most. “Is the MP not irresponsible? When will he pay the people’s obligations for their support?” he asked.

Though Chirag could not be contacted for his comments, his ‘representative’ in the constituency, Prakash Bhagat, said the MP could not visit the constituency as he got infected with coronavirus.

“Even then, Chirag tried his best to set up oxygen plant in the constituency. Last year, when the virus hit the people, the MP had not only toured different villages but also provided assistance to the affected people,” Prakash asserted.

Moreover, the state government has restricted the movement of people’s representatives in view of rising cases of Covid-19 infection in the state, Bhagat clarified.