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Pappu Yadav Injured While Lighting Fire To Ravana Effigy On Dussehra — WATCH

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also took part in the 'Ravana Dahan' program at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav was injured during a Dussehra event organised in Bihar's Purnia on Saturday. The Lok Sabha Member was lighting fire to a 55-foot-tall Ravana effigy at the mela ground when sparks from a rocket hurt his eyes. He soon left the spot along with his security team.

After the accident, Yadav said he was fine. "I am fine, it was all God's grace. We should always be alert from such incidents and keep in mind all the safety measures."

Yadav merged his Jan Adhikar Party with the Congress but couldn't get the party ticket for Purnia as the seat went to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) as part of the parties' seat-sharing arrangement. Despite this, Yadav filed his nomination papers and won the elections. 
Yadav, a gangster-turned-politician, had spent 12 years in jail in a murder case until his acquittal in 2013.

He has 41 criminal cases against him and is out on bail in 15 cases. Charges against him range from damage to public property and rioting to The Arms Act, 1959, as per his latest election affidavit.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also took part in the 'Ravana Dahan' program at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

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