Bihar Congress workers stage protest against attack on Pappu Yadav

 

Bihar Congress workers on Monday staged a protest outside party headquarters in Patna, condemning the alleged attack on Purnia MP Pappu Yadav, and burnt an effigy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

A man threw a slipper at Independent MP Pappu Yadav during a press conference at his residence on Sunday after the lawmaker defended his controversial skit at the Parliament House complex on the alleged Ram temple donation theft, leading to a scuffle between his supporters and the attacker.

According to a statement issued by the Bihar Congress, protestors said that the alleged attack on the elected parliamentarian was a "serious law-and-order issue".

"If an MP is not safe in the national capital, then there are serious concerns about the security of ordinary citizens," it added.

The Congress leaders accused the BJP of attempting to claim "exclusive ownership" over Hinduism and asserted that the faith was "followed by millions of people across the country and could not be monopolised by any political party".

They further alleged that the BJP was using religion and faith to "divide people and divert public attention from pressing issues."