On October 2, Vikas Sahay, a reporter with the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran went to cover an event commemorating the birth anniversary of India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. In attendance was Nirupama Bajpai, chairperson of the municipal corporation in Lakhimpur Kheri.
As soon as he got there, Sahay claimed, he was roughed up by Sobhitam Mishra, a relative of Nirupama’s. “He first pushed me and asked me, ‘Don’t you know your place? Why do you write against doctor sahab?’” Sahay told Newslaundry, explaining the reference was to Dr Satish Kaushal Bajpai ‘Mauni’, the husband of Nirupama. The couple are with the BJP.
