By Muslim Mirror News
New Delhi, April 29: In less than 24 hours another video of a BJP leader demonizing a Muslim vegetable vendor amid COVID-19 has surfaced on social media.
The MLA, from Charkhari in UP’s Mahoba district is seen harassing the vendor and his helper outside his residence.
The MLA Brij Bhushan Sharan was seen pressing the vegetable seller and the young boy to reveal their religious identities, reported ANI.
कानपुर में लॉकडाउन के पालन के नाम पर पनकी SO विनोद सिंह की हरकत ।
पूजा करने जा रहे व्यक्ति के साथ अभद्रता, पूजापात्र में जल उड़ेला pic.twitter.com/e1Fbgc6QhU— Anil Tiwari (@Interceptors) April 29, 2020
The MLA continues to coerce the vendor to reveal his name after which, the vendor replies, “Rajkumar.” The MLA did not stop there and said, “Sahi bolo nahi to maar maar kay theek kar doonga tumhay (Tell me your name correctly, or I will beat you up).”
The vendor was accompanied by a minor supposedly his helper or relative. The MLA then proceeds to ask him what the vendor’s real name was. He said, “Beta tu bata, nahi toh tera papa jayega (Tell us, or we will put your father in jail).”
The minor then says, “Aziz-ur-Rahman”, hearing this the MLA said, “Sa**a jhoot bol raha tha Musalmaan hokay (You were lying about being a Muslim).”
In an interview with ANI, Rajput accepted that it was him in the video and said, “Yes, it was my video. I reprimanded him because he was lying. He said his name was Rajkumar while his name is Rehmuddin. He wasn’t wearing a mask and gloves. We know… 16 vegetable sellers in Kanpur and one in Lucknow tested COVID-19 positive.”
This video surfaced on social media in less than 24 hours after the video of a BJP MLA Suresh Tewari was seen , telling people not to buy vegetables from Muslim vendors.