Gorakhopur MLA meets Yogi, tells him about snubbing incident

BJP MLA from Gorakhpur Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal, who hogged the limelight for snubbing a woman IPS officer in full public view, today met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and discussed various issues.
"I met CM Yogi Adityanath. It was an informal meeting in which various issues pertaining to development and cleanliness of Gorakhpur came up for discussion. As far as the incident (public snubbing of an IPS officer) is concerned, I have explained my stand on the incident. The incident is already in the public domain, and I was told that the incident will be dealt appropriately," Aggarwal told PTI.

He also said that he and UP Chief Minister may have differences of opinion on certain issues (asahmati), but there will be no animosity (anban).
Agarwal had on May 7 publicly snubbed lady IPS officer Charu Nigam, CO Gorakhnath area (of Gorakhpur).
A day later, the public snub virtually snowballed into a major controversy with the ruling party lawmaker deciding to stage protest and the IPS officers body condemning the incident as "interference in law enforcement".
The matter also led to a face-off between the government and bureaucrats with Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya backing MLA Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal and an IG-rank police officer demanding that the IPS Association act in the matter.

Condemning the incident against the ASP, Gorakhpur, the IPS Association said, "If interference in law enforcement goes unpunished, the ability of police to protect people gets eroded.

Aggarwal then declared said that he will sit under the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Gorakhpur's Town Hall area on May 10 to gather the grievances of the public vis-a-vis illegal liquor outlets.
"I am not going to stage any protest or dharna, but simply sit under the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Town Hall area on May 10 to hear the grievances of the public, who are fed up with the operation of illegal liquor outlets," he had said.

Applications of the people who do not want any liquor outlet operating within 50 metres of residential areas will be be handed over to the district administration, he said.
"In the past few years, Gorakhpur has become a hub of illegal liquor outlets. The situation is very disturbing.
In the last 10 days, I personally monitored the closure of illegal liquor shops. However, if one illegal shop is closed down in one part of city, many others crop up in other parts," he rued.