Attending the funeral ceremony of Ajay Kumar, one of the four soldiers killed in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Pulwama, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders including Union Minister Satyapal Singh and Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh faced the wrath of the family members due to their inappropriate conduct.
Ajay Kumar’s last rites were being performed in Nivadi, Ghaziabad on Tuesday. Satyapal Singh and Siddhartha Nath Singh were accompanied by Meerut BJP MLA Rajendra Agarwal and Vinit Sharda, head of BJP traders’ association, reported Jansatta.
Singh, the MoS for Human Resource Development, was also seen smiling and laughing when the last rites of Kumar were being performed.
Union minister Satyapal Singh (in Saffron pagdi) with BJP leader Vineet Sharda during last rites of martyred soldier Ajay Kumar at his native village in Meerut. pic.twitter.com/rFgRqLHLsk
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Additionally, the family members were infuriated that the BJP leaders were sitting at the funeral site with their shoes still on. A video clip of the incident, shared by a journalist on Twitter, has now gone viral. In the clip, the family and locals are seen lashing out at the BJP contingent, following which the latter take their shoes off.
In a rather embarrassing situation, MoS Satyapal Singh, UP Minister Siddharth Nath Singh and Meerut BJP MP Rajendra Agarwal and other BJP leaders had to face the ire of martyr Ajay Kumar’s grieving family members in Meerut village after they entered funeral site with shoes on. pic.twitter.com/bwt7Ju6k04
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In a similar instance on Saturday, Sakshi Maharaj, the BJP MP from Unnao was severely criticised on social media for his insensitive conduct at the funeral of Ajit Kumar, one of the 40 CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack. Sakshi Maharaj had stood laughing and waving from the truck that carried the mortal remains of the jawan.
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