Vijayvargiya’s latest: We don’t roam empty-handed
INDORE: BJP MLA from Indore3 Akash Vijayvargiya on Monday kicked up a fresh row with his remarks that “we don’t roam empty-handed”, which the ruling Congress termed as a “threat” reminiscent of the June 26 incident wherein he had assaulted a civic official with a cricket bat in public view. Akash, son of senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, made the remarks during a protest against the Kamal Nath government over crop loss and inflated power bills. “We demand that all ministers, MLAs and other leaders of the Congress should ensure that farmers are compensated at the earliest for the crop loss caused by unseasonal rains,” he said. “Despite erratic electric supply in the state, people are getting inflated bills worth lakhs. This problem should be solved immediately or else you (government) know that we don’t roam around emptyhanded,” Akash said. Earlier, ex-MLA from Depalpur Manoj Patel had threatened to lock officers in room if inflated bills were not reduced to original rate.
Lashing at the Congress government, Akash said that people who received power bills of Rs 100 or Rs 200 during Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s regime were now getting hefty bills. “If these bills are not reduced to rates fixed during Shivraj government, then we will lock them inside a room like Patel said and as you know well that we don’t move around emptyhanded,” Akash declared. Later, clarifying his statement, Akash said that what he actually meant was that he roams around with a box of sweets in hand.
State Congress spokesman Neelabh Mishra said, “Akash’s threatening statement has clearly pointed towards the incident of thrashing a municipal corporation official with a cricket bat.” Mishra said Akash’s remarks showed he had not learnt any lesson even after his arrest for attacking the civic official. He alleged that the BJP had not taken any disciplinary action against Akash in the previous incident. “It seems the anarchist behaviour of its representatives in public is acceptable to the BJP,” Mishra added.