BJP MLA assaults toll plaza staffer

Uttar Pradesh April 20: BJP MLA Mahendra Yadav has been assaulted toll plaza staffers at the toll gate in Fatehganj west here in Bareilly, The video had gone viral on the social media.

The incident happened on April 17 in the evening when the lawmaker, along with his aides, was returning to Lucknow from Delhi on NH 24 and was stopped at Fatehganj west toll plaza at around 7: 45 pm.

Yadav is a BJP lawmaker from Biswan assembly constituency in Sitapur district. Interestingly, name of another BJP MLA Rakesh Rathore from Sitapur initially came up as the prime suspect but he himself clarified that it was Yadav and not him.

Speaking to media here he said that," The toll plaza staffers misbehaved after I asked them to let go all vehicles in cavalcade as MLAs are exempted from toll fees."