(Image: Screengrab from the viral video)
In a video that has gone viral, the BJP leader is seen pushing and slapping constable Raghavendra, who was in plain clothes and posted at Raichur West police station.
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BJP leader and former MLA A Papareddy on Wednesday allegedly slapped a police constable for stopping him from burning an effigy of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a protest rally. In a video that has gone viral, the BJP leader is seen pushing and slapping constable Raghavendra, who was in plain clothes and posted at Raichur West police station.
The incident happened during a state-wide protest organized by BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha against senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Dalits during a public meeting in Sindgi on October 26. As the argument intensified, senior police officers intervened and shooed Papareddy away. Constable.
Later speaking to reporters, Papareddy said that he was not aware that the man in civil dress was a police constable and viewed him as a BJP worker. He alleged that the constable snatched the effigy and threw it in the drain, which enraged him.
Asked if he would apologize for his action, the former MLA said, “Why should I apologize? Action should be taken against him (the constable). He should have been humble. Why did he come in a civil dress, a ki Kindly stood among us. Ordinary party workers snatched the effigy and ran away?” To know the reason behind the constable allegedly running away with the mannequin, Papareddy said that he just pushed and scolded him. Papareddy also demanded action against Raghavendra, doubting his intentions behind disrupting the “normal practice of burning effigies existing for the last 50 years”.
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