New Delhi: A video of TikTok star-turned BJP leader Sonali Phogat allegedly thrashing an official in Haryana has gone viral on social media.
In the clip, Phogat can be seen beating up the secretary of the Hisar Market Committee, Sultan Singh, with her slipper when she visited the Balsamand Mandi in the district.
She can be heard saying in the clip: “Am I working to hear abuses from people like you? Do I not have the right to a dignified life. You (abusive word)…you have no right to live.”
Tik tok star and bjp candidate from Hisar Sonali phogat beats up an official – accuses him of using bad language against her . pic.twitter.com/kqVQ7RS30C
— pallavi ghosh (@_pallavighosh) June 5, 2020
Ganga Ram Punia, superintendent of police in Hisar, confirmed the incident and said action will be taken against Phogat.
The BJP leader has also lodged a police complaint in which she maintained that Singh had used “indecent, derogatory language” towards her.
Sources in Hisar have been quoted as saying that Phogat, accompanied by 5-6 of her associates, had come to the grain market’s purchase centre and spoke to Singh about some issues when things got heated.
‘Will Manohar Lal Khattar take action?’
Phogat had contested the 2019 assembly elections from the Mandi Adampur district in Haryana. She lost to Congress candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi, son of former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala also shared this video and asked what action Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was planning against Phogat.
“The BJP committee of Adampur, Hisar, is beating the market committee secretary like animals. Is it a crime to do a government job? Will Khattar Saheb take action? Will the media still remain silent?” he tweeted.
खट्टर सरकार के नेताओं के घटिया कारनामे!
मार्किट कमेटी सचिव को जानवरों की तरह पीट रही हैं आदमपुर, हिसार की भाजपा नेत्री।
क्या सरकारी नौकरी करना अब अपराध है?
क्या खट्टर साहेब कार्यवाही करेंगे?
क्या मीडिया अब भी चुप रहेगा? pic.twitter.com/2K1aHbFo5l— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 5, 2020
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