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Velsingh Bhuria said, “I even have the power to order an encounter on someone.” (Video below) |
Staff correspondent, August 7, 2015, NewsCrunch
Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA from Dhar, Vel Singh Bhuriya threatened to order an encounter on a journalist during a public meeting.
A former RSS leader, Velsingh Bhuria is a first time MLA, who is ironically known for his good manners.
But he seems to have snapped when he was asked about farmers compensation after attending an event in a village.
Eyewitnesses said he was provoked after a few questions suggested that he was powerless to move the local administration to compensate the farmers adequately.
Velsingh Bhuria said, “I even have the power to order an encounter on someone, if people breach peace and create problems.”
Later, he realized that he had waded into a controversy and claimed that he did not know that he was talking to journalists.
However, a video clip of his threat went viral and snowballed into a political issue. Congress spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi urged CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan to keep his MLAs in check.
Velsingh Bhuria issued a statement apologising to the journalists. He blamed the media for distorting his statement and said it was a conspiracy by his rivals.
“I respect the media and if my statement has hurt anyone I apologise." Velsingh Bhuria said.