Heated verbal duel occurred between BJP MlA from Mussoorie Ganesh Joshi and District Magistrate (DM) of Dehradun Chandresh Yadav on the issue of alleged manipulations in the election results of the Panchayat elections.
The incident occurred in the office of DM here on Tuesday when Joshi along with senior BJP leader Munna Singh Chauhan went to meet Yadav to lodge his protest over the alleged manipulation in the result of Kyarkuli Bhatta Block Panchayat election.
Rakesh Rawat the contestant from Kyarkula Bhata block Panchayat had claimed that he was declared elected after the end of counting but later the election officials conspired against him and declared other candidate victorious. On Tuesday the Joshi accompanied Rawat and went to the residence of DM to lodge his protest over the incident. According to Joshi he had taken prior appointment with the DM but he was not available in his residence.
He added that when contacted on Phone the DM asked him to remove the crowd of supporters and threatened to lodge a case of violation of model code of conduct.
The DM, however, later met an infuriated Joshi and his supporters where heated exchanges occurred between them. The senior Officers of the administration had to intervene to sooth the frayed tempers. The DM also refused to talk to the media persons on the issue.