Salem: Piyush Manush, an activist from Salem has been allegedly attacked by BJP cadres, a Facebook video of the assault was posted by the activist in his Facebook page.
Salem: Piyush Manush, an activist from Salem has been allegedly attacked by BJP cadres, a Facebook video of the assault was posted by the activist in his Facebook page.
On Wednesday evening, Piyush Manush posted a live video in which he was seen walking into the BJP district office in Salem. In the video Piyush starts questioning a BJP cadre for issuing threats to him. As he enters into the BJP office, the conversation turns into an argument, with a few BJP cadres surrounding the activist arguing with him in a heated manner.
Later, the activist was seen garlanded with slippers and the argument gets worse. After which, the video goes blank for a few seconds and then Piyush shares a facebook post saying that he was brutally attacked by BJP cadres in their Salem office.
Speaking on this Vanathi Srinivasan , General secretary of Tamil Nadu BJP stated that this is a publicity stunt from Piyush Manush. "If Piyush was really interested in talking about economic issues he should have made representations to the government. He could have raised the issues to the Finance Minister's twitter handle or directly to the PMO's mygov app. To the contrary, storming directly into the district office could be seen only as a publicity stunt."
She added that his concerns do not match with his actions.
In a teleconversation with SimpliCity Piyush Manush said, “I walked into the BJP party office to ask few questions. I questioned them for slandering my wife and daughter. They said that they would continue to do it. They called me a terrorist, when I talked about the Kashmir issue. The BJP men got into an argument and started attacking me with logs in the presence of police men. They behaved inhuman in words and actions."
"Presently, I am undergoing treatment at the hospital after police recued The police rescued me. I have also filed a complaint against the district BJP men with the police department”, Piyush noted.
The video has been widely shared in social media and comments in support of the activist has been doing rounds.