Officials don’t take heed to you? Beat them up with sticks: Giriraj to Begusarai residents

Union minister Giriraj Singh has suggested the individuals of his Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar to “beat up with bamboo sticks” these officers who appeared insensitive to their issues.
The firebrand BJP chief, who has a popularity of taking pictures from the hip, made the comment on Saturday whereas addressing a perform organised by an agriculture institute inKhodawandpur close to right here.
The minister, who holds fisheries, animal husbandry and dairy farming portfolios, rued that he steadily receives complaints from frequent residents that officers involved oftenpaid little heed to their complaints.
“I say to them, why do you come to me for such small things. MPs, MLAs, village mukhiyas, DMs, SDMs, BDOs… these are all under obligation to serve the people. If they do notlisten to you, pick up a bamboo stick with both hands and give a crushing blow on their head,” Singh mentioned.

“If even that does not work, then Giriraj shall throw his weight behind you,” he mentioned, evoking applause from the crowds at the same time as dignitaries sharing the dais squirmed in theirseats.

A BJP chief within the Bihar capital, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned, “Giriaj Singh is a mass leader who has to be responsive towards public anger. We should take his statement figuratively, not literally.”