A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA named Ketki Singh admonished an official on Wednesday, 27 April, in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia for allegedly bulldozing the house of a poor family during a demolition drive. The video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.
"I said one thing to you, why didn't you respect it? You brought a bulldozer? If this is the respect you show, my people will give the same back to you. You used the strength of a bulldozer, we will use the strength of words," the MLA said in Hindi.
Meanwhile, a man sitting next to Singh raged at the official, saying, "When the MLA told you to stop, you should have stopped. What do you think of yourself?" The man also threatened to set fire to the tehsil in response to the demolition in Ballia.