Whoever slaps Tej Pratap Yadav will get Rs 1 crore, says BJP leader

Patna: A BJP leader on Friday announced a “reward” of Rs 1 crore to anyone who slaps RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav for his objectionable comments against Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi.

However, the BJP state unit distanced itself from the comments and issued a statement condemning the remarks of Anil Sahni, the party’s media in-charge for the Patna district.

The BJP said it will take disciplinary action against Mr Sahni for his “reckless utterances”.

“We will give a reward of Rs 1crore to anybody who slaps Tej Pratap Yadav. The RJD leader had threatened to thrash our respected deputy CM inside his house (during the marriage of his son on December 3). We wish to pay Yadav in the same coin,” Mr Sahni had said.

“We will also organise demonstrations in front of Yadav’s house to put pressure on him to apologise to Sushil Modi,” he had said. The BJP leader was reacting to a recent video footage in which Mr Yadav, the elder son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and a former state minister, was purportedly shown threatening to disrupt Sushil Modi’s son’s marriage and using the words “ghar mein ghus kar maarenge (will beat inside his house)”.

Mr Yadav’s comments drew strong reaction from Sushil Modi, who urged Lalu Prasad to persuade his son against making provocative speeches.