Uttar Pradesh: Video of MLA’s threat to tehsildar goes viral

VARANASI: A video of BJP-Nishad Party alliance MLA from Bansdih, Ketaki Singh, threatening a tehsildar saying, “If the home of my supporter had been bulldozed, I would have set the entire tehsil on fire,” has gone viral on social media.
Not only the MLA, but her supporters are also seen threatening the tehsildar apart from claiming to have given Rs 10,000 bribe to lekhpal for such a house.
District magistrate, Ballia, Indra Vikram Singh said the matter is being investigated.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted the video and took a jibe at the state government asking to pay compensation to the innocent people whose property is being bulldozed due to vendetta.
In the viral video, the MLA is seen demanding clarification from tehsildar as to why he sent a bulldozer to demolish a house constructed on gram sabha land.
The officer responded saying he will ensure that houses constructed on gram sabha land are not demolished.
Reacting to this, the MLA says in the video that had the house been demolished, she would have set the tehsil office afire.
Then the MLA’s supporters start threatening tehsildar and used abusive words.
After the video went viral, the MLA clarified that despite the clear directive of the chief minister that no house of the poor will be bulldozed without genuine reason, the officials went to demolish the house.
She said that people of her constituency had come with an application to her, informing that a house had been constructed by their great grandfather on gram sabha land. They were undertaking repair of its damaged roof when tehsil staff reached there with a bulldozer to demolish their house, she claimed.
Posting the video in his tweet, Akhilesh said, “Crores of rupees are paid as compensation to the people associated with the ruling party in the name of development work. Same price should be given to the common man and those whose genuine constructions are being bulldozed due to vendetta. Compensation amount has become a new means of corruption to benefit BJP men."