A woman slapped JJP (Jannayak Janta Party) MLA Ishwar Singh in Kaithal's Guhla area on Thursday while he was on a visit to flood-affected areas. During the visit, Singh was interacting with locals of Guhla when suddenly a woman who was standing in front of him slapped him, as reported by news agency ANI. Reportedly, the woman was part of the crowd gathered in the area after the arrival of the Cheeka constituency MLA and were all irked over poor drainage system that resulted in waterlogging. A police personnel was present with the MLA on the spot who intervened and stopped the woman from repeating her actions.
A video of the incident also went viral on social media.
Later, MLA Singh while speaking to media, said that he has forgiven the woman and won't be taking any legal action against the woman. I have forgiven her,” he said.
The flood situation hasn't improved much in Haryana as lakhs of acres under paddy, sugarcane and vegetable cultivation remain inundated.
Fury Of Monsoon Continues
As per the government data, 18 people have died in Punjab and Haryana in the past few days in rain-related incidents. The Chief Minister also announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of people who died in the floods.
Many regions in Haryana have been struck by the floods and lakhs of acres under paddy, sugarcane and vegetable cultivation remain inundated. As per the Hindustan Times, maize and moong growers suffered the most as they were not able to sell their produce in the mandis owing to high moisture content.
The Hindustan Times quoted an aggrieved farmer of Radaur as saying, “Our maize crop of two acres is ready for harvesting but we were not able to harvest the crop due to repeated spells of rain for the past one week. Sunday’s rain will cause loss to the crop as there is no possibility to harvest it for the next two weeks."