Bihar Minister Forgets Social Distancing While Honouring Girl Who Cycled 1,200 Km
Jyoti Kumari is lately staying at a quarantine centre just about her Sirhulli village.
Darbhanga/Patna:
Bihar’s Meals and Client Coverage Minister Madan Sahni has courted controversy when he disregarded social-distancing norms whilst honouring Jyoti Kumari, who cycled 1,200 km from Gurgaon to convey her injured father house in Darbhanga.
A video clip appearing the minister exalting the 15-year-old woman in presence of numerous villagers status in shut proximity in gross violation of the social distancing norms has long gone viral on social media.
Madan Sahni is a JD(U) MLA from Gaura Bauram meeting constituency in Darbhanga district.
The opposition has slammed the minister for giving a go-by to the important thing social distancing requirement towards coronavirus and demanded motion towards him.
The JD(U), then again, refused to make any remark as opposed to pointing out that the minister himself can talk at the factor.
Repeated makes an attempt to succeed in the minister for his feedback didn’t fructify.
Madan Sahni had on Monday long gone to fulfill and honour Jyoti Kumari at her local village Sirhulli beneath Singhwara block of the district the place the minister gave garments and an envelope containing Rs five,000 as a present, but even so revering each the woman and her father — Mohan Paswan — by way of providing them scarf and garlands.
Whilst Madan Sahni used to be honouring them, he used to be surrounded by way of a crowd.
Despite the fact that the Darbhanga district management officers are tight-lipped over the problem, the opposition RJD and Congress lapped it up and demanded motion towards the minister for violating social-distancing norm which the state executive has been asking other people to practice vigorously as coverage towards the virus.
Challenging motion towards Madan Sahni, senior Bihar Congress chief and MLC Prem Chandra Mishra stated, “The minister violated the norms of social-distancing framed and vigorously advocated by way of the state executive. Motion has been taken towards a number of individuals for violating the norm. Following the similar rule, motion will have to be initiated towards the minister.
“As a minister, it’s his accountability to practice the social distancing norm, however he indulged in affordable exposure for political features. Its a significant subject and motion will have to be taken towards him.
“Leader Minister Nitish Kumar who talks about rule of regulation will have to transparent his stand at the factor,” Mishra stated.
Senior RJD chief and birthday celebration legislator Bhai Virendra stated motion will have to be taken towards the minister.
He claimed the minister swung into motion simplest after our leaders — Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav — lavished reward at the woman.
JD(U) spokesman Rajiv Ranjan refused to remark at the subject. It will be suitable if he (minister) himself remark at the match, he stated.
“You higher ask the query to him (minister) because it does now not relate to birthday celebration issues. If Madan Sahni has completed one thing in his person capability, then it’s going to be higher to take his remark,” Ranjan stated.
The woman is lately staying at a quarantine centre just about her Sirhulli village. She has stuck the sector’s consideration after she bicycled her injured father 1,200 km to succeed in her local village from Gurugram greater than per week in the past.
Her indomitable feat drew reward from Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump.
