MUZAFFARNAGAR: The newly elected Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) MLA from Khatauli on Saturday said he was stopped from visiting Khatauli tehsil by the district administration, which cited law and order situation as the reason behind the decision.
RLD leader Madan Bhaiya called the incident ”murder of democracy”.
Khatauli Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Jeet Singh cited prohibitory orders in the district as the reason behind the move.
आज जब अपने क्षेत्र खतौली के लिए रवाना हुए,तो सरकार निर्देशितपुलिस अधिकारियों द्वारा क्षेत्र में मेरा जाना वर्जित किया गया,यह कह कर कि मेरे आगमन से क्षेत्र में लॉ एंड ऑर्डर बिगड़ेगा पूछना चाहता हूँ अगर एक विधायक को ही उसके क्षेत्र में जाने से रोका जाएगा तो जनता की सेवा करेगा कौन ? pic.twitter.com/I4eAWO2cQc
— Madan Bhaiya (@madanbhaiya_) December 10, 2022
”Considering the law and order situation Madan Bhaiya was not allowed to go to Khatauli to participate in a public meeting. It was done on the apprehension that the meeting could lead to breach of peace due to the gathering of a large number of his supporters,” SDM told PTI.
यह लोकतंत्र का उपहास नही तो और क्या है ?
चुनाव में शासन प्रशासन का जो रवैया था वो खतौली के साथ साथ पूरे देश प्रदेश की जनता ने देखा था लेकिन सरकार की इतनी तानाशाही के बावजूद जनता ने फैसला हमारे यानी गठबंधन के पक्ष में सुना कर जीत दिलाई। अब हमे खतौली में जाने से रोका जा रहा हैं pic.twitter.com/SLUpQMKW5W— Madan Bhaiya (@madanbhaiya_) December 10, 2022
Neither Madan Bhaiya nor any of his representatives had sought permission in advance from the local administration to hold a gathering in Khatauli and they reached here with a cavalcade of over two dozen vehicles and nearly 100 men, he said. Madan Bhaiya, who defeated his BJP rival, Rajkumari Saini, by a margin of more than 22,000 votes in the recent by-poll in the Khatauli assembly constituency, was visiting the district for the first time after his win. The RLD is an ally of the Samajwadi Party. ”I was going to meet the people of Khatauli who gave me their vote and elected me to thank them,” he said.
मे नवनिर्वाचित विधायक मदन भैय्या उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस द्वारा ये कहकर खतोली मे प्रवेश करने से रोकदिया कि आपके आने से क्षेत्र की कानून व्यवस्था बिगड जायगी
इस देश का कौनसा कानून है जिसमे ये लिखा है कि जनप्रतिनिधि के क्षेत्र मे जानें से क़ानून व्यवस्था बिगड़ती है @jayantrld @Uppolice pic.twitter.com/QDOoWqJULe— Madan Bhaiya (@madanbhaiya_) December 10, 2022
”The way the local administration acted by halting me is akin to murder of democracy. It is for the first time that an elected representative is being stopped from going to his own constituency,” the RLD MLA said.
He said he along with his other supporters was stopped at Bhangela check post in the presence of local police, Rapid Action Force (RAF) and senior police and civil administration officials.
Taking an oblique dig at local BJP MP from Muzaffarnagar and Union Minister of State of Animal Husbandry Sanjeev Balyan, he said, ”The local administration is acting on his direction.” ”I was stopped on the direction of an elected representative of Muzzafarnagar, and not from Lucknow. I will write to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about it. My party will also raise this issue in the assembly,” he added.
Source: Press Trust of India
