A political row has been triggered in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Madhya Pradesh after an office bearer of the party’s youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), was filmed assaulting an elderly tribal man with slippers in Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur.
The video of the incident – which occurred on September 18 – has gone viral, bringing with it a fresh perception challenge for the BJP that is still reeling from the criticism it faced in the aftermath of the Sidhi urination episode from July.
The Opposition Congress is on attack mode ever since the clip surfaced. It has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan even as it coined a new term for the BJP, “Aadiwasi Atyachar Party (Tribal Atrocity Party)”.
