To show solidarity with the newly joined BJP leader and former MlA Kunwar Pranav Singh ‘Champion’, whose house was attacked by a furious mob and whose uncle was arrested on late Wednesday night in the wake of the landhaura violence, a delegation of BJP leaders led by state BJP president Ajay Bhatt met the Governor Dr KK Paul on Thursday evening. They submitted a memorandum too, seeking police protection for the former MlA.
It is pertinent to mention here that ‘Champion’ is one of the nine dissident MlAs who had brought Harish Rawat government into minority on March 18, resulting in the dismissal of the government by Presidential proclamation issued on March 27.
Although he always love to be in limelight and most of the time for wrong reasons, this time he is at the receiving end of things with his house and cars being attacked and his relative being arrested. Interestingly, he said a few days ago he was feeling insecure under the Harish Rawat regime. BJP leaders close to him said his anticipation of attacks coming his way has been justified by what happened in landhaura on Wednesday. Police remaining spectators with the goons going on the rampage revealed the premeditated conspiracy that triggered the violence, they said.
BJP mentioned in the memorandum it served to the Governor that a congress MlA and leaders belonging to a particular community had been seen instigating the mob to attack the ex-MlA’s house with police being neutralised.