Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Udaybhan Chaudhary was on Tuesday seen threatening Sub-Divisional Magistrate Garima Singh. The BJP legislator had gone to meet the SDM to discuss farmer issues. It was then the incident took place.
News agency ANI posted a video which showed the MLA shouting at the top of his voice. He tells the woman, “Don’t you know I am an MLA? Don’t you realize my power, the power of democracy?”
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However, Chaudhary has defended his comment and said that he doesn't need to apologise as he had said nothing wrong.
District magistrate N.G. Ravi Kumar told mediapersons that an inquiry has been ordered. ADM administration Nidhi Srivastav will conduct the inquiry and submit a report soon.
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The IAS Association also condemned the incident and said threatening young IAS officers working in the field is not acceptable.
(With inputs from agencies)
