Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh is often in the news for the exploits of its public representatives. Sometimes the sons of former MPs run over farmers and the Honorable himself is beaten up by the public. A video from Lakhimpur Kheri district has become the center of discussion at the moment and is going viral on social media. In the viral video, it can be seen how a person is slapping Sadar MLA Yogesh Verma. Now when the video went viral, people became interested to know who is this person, who put his hand on the collar of the MLA?
There was a stir in Lakhimpur Kheri district on Wednesday when BJP MLA Yogesh Verma was publicly assaulted. A person named Awadhesh Singh slapped MLA Yogesh Verma in the presence of dozens of policemen, due to which there was chaos on the spot. Awadhesh Singh is currently the President of the District Bar Association. His wife Pushpa Singh was previously the chairman of Urban Cooperative Bank. She was the BJP candidate in the last municipal elections.
Awadhesh Singh is the main defense lawyer in the famous Tikunia case of Lakhimpur Kheri. Let us tell you that this is the same Tikunia case, in which Ashish Mishra, son of former Lakhimpur Kheri MP and former Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is the main accused. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Ajay Mishra 'Tenny' lost the election from Lakhimpur Kheri Lok Sabha seat to alliance candidate Utkarsh Verma, since then his activity in politics has reduced. He does not hold any position in any government or organization. He is somewhat active in the politics of the district.
Since District Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh is handling the case of Teni's son, he is special to him. It is possible that on the pretext of Awadhesh Singh, Ajay Mishra is interfering in the elections of 'Tenny' Urban Cooperative Bank, which MLA Yogesh Verma did not like and he angrily went to fight against Awadhesh Singh. However, till now no statement has come from other public representatives of the district on this. If the district MP leaves out Utkarsh Verma, then BJP has MLAs on all eight seats.
Regarding the incident, BJP District President Sunil Singh said that whatever happened to MLA Yogesh Verma is very unfortunate, sad and condemnable. The state president was immediately informed about this after the incident. Urban Cooperative Bank elections have been postponed. The matter has also come to the notice of CM Yogi Adityanath. There was also talk about CM Yogi. CM Yogi has called the MLA to Lucknow.
Let us tell you that the matter is related to the Urban Cooperative Bank elections, in which there was a dispute regarding the voter list. Lakhimpur Kheri District Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh had accused MLA Yogesh Verma's side of tearing the voter list, due to which both the parties came face to face and an altercation led to a fight. During this fight, Bar Association President Awadhesh Singh slapped the MLA.
At the same time, MLA Yogesh Verma's reaction has come to light regarding this matter. Yogesh Verma said that first they hit Raju Aggarwal of our business board and tore his pamphlet. When I went to see him, Awadhesh Singh tried to raise his hand on me. Awadhesh Singh has done brokerage all his life. Apart from this nothing was done. MLA Yogesh Verma also accused the administration and said that the administration became active only when he was assaulted.
