BJP’s ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA was attacked by unidentified persons in Bahraich. Unidentified persons pelted stones at the vehicles of Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA Ramniwas Verma, causing damage to the vehicles of his convoy. When the car of the MLA of Apna Dal was attacked, during that time MLA Ram Niwas Verma was also present inside the vehicle. Apna Dal (Sonelal) MLA Ram Niwas Verma is also the leader of his party’s Legislature Party. On Friday, in the presence of Anupriya Patel, Ram Niwas was elected by the Apna Dal MLAs as the leader of the legislature party.
Regarding the incident, the police said that some unidentified people pelted stones on the vehicles of the newly elected MLA of Apna Dal (Sonelal), Ram Niwas Verma. On the other hand, Bahraich SP Gyananjay Singh said that the attack on the Apna Dal MLA’s vehicle took place at 8:30 pm on Tuesday, when the MLA had reached near Matera intersection in Nanpara, Bahraich. No one was injured in the incident, but the windows of the vehicles were broken.
Is this incident a result of political rivalry? On this question, the ASP said that, “It is too early to say anything now. Everything will be clear after investigation and the culprits will be arrested soon. A team has been set up to nab the accused.”
After the incident, MLA Ramniwas Sharma told the local media that when he along with his supporters were going to join a bhandara after visiting his area with a convoy of four vehicles, at the same time bike riders near Matera intersection of Nanpara. has done the event.
The Nanpara assembly seat of Bahraich district was given by BJP to its ally Apna Dal Sonelal. Apna Dal had fielded Ram Niwas Verma while Samajwadi Party had fielded Madhuri Verma. Ram Niwas Verma of Apna Dal defeated Madhuri Verma of SP by more than 13 thousand votes. Madhuri Verma has become MLA in 2012 on Congress ticket and in 2017 on BJP ticket. In the 2022 assembly elections, 12 candidates of Apna Dal Sonelal have won the election.