Rajasthan: 2 Hindu Sadhus assaulted with stick by Congress councilor
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On Tuesday (April 27) morning, a Congress councilor was seen thrashing two Hindu Sadhus within the Pilibanga space within the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan.
As per stories, the accused has been recognized as one Poonam Mahant. She is the councillor of ward quantity 35 and was elected on a Congress ticket in January this yr. In a video that has now gone viral, the transgender Congress councillor was seen slapping two Hindu saints and shoving them in a single nook. She then inquired, “Where are your masks in the time of the Coronavirus pandemic?” It should be talked about that the accused herself didn’t have a masks or face overlaying.
Intimidated by the potential for bodily hurt, one of many sadhus pointed in the direction of a bit of fabric round his neck (suggesting that it was his masks). “Where is your mask?” she threatened after seizing the stick from one of many Sadhus. “Put the mask on,” she ordered and proceeded to hit a Sadhu with the stick in her hand. In her defence, she has claimed that she stopped the Sadhus solely as a result of they have been roaming round with out a masks.
बिन मास्क घूम रहे संतों को कांग्रेस पार्षद ने पीटा, पार्षद ने ख़ुद भी मास्क नहीं लगाया, विडियो वायरल#Rajasthan #Hanumangarh #MaskUp pic.twitter.com/J2GY3Wm24P— News24 (@news24tvchannel) April 27, 2021
Following social media backlash, the accused Congress employee tried to do ‘damage control.’ In one other video made viral by the accused, one of many Sadhus was seen approaching the home of the councillor. The ‘transgender’ then stepped out of her home and directed him to a signboard. “Please wear a mask”, she was heard as saying. Poonam Mahant was then seen handing out a masks to the Sadhu and urging him to maintain himself amidst the Coronavirus disaster.
वीडियो वायरल होने के बाद कांग्रेस पार्षद पूनम महंत ने नाटकीय अंदाज में दूसरा वीडियो किया जारीइसमें वह घर से निकलते साधू को मास्क देते नजर आ रही हैं ।#Rajasthan #Hanumangarh #MaskUp pic.twitter.com/qS9Lv1EYgs— News24 (@news24tvchannel) April 27, 2021
Despite her greatest try and deflect social media backlash and painting herself as a real political chief, netizens weren’t satisfied by her act.
