Lucknow: In an unprecedented incident, a 30-year-old man jumped in front of the car of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in frustration over no action by the authorities against the illegal mining accused.
The man, Shyamji Mishra from Sonebhadra district, wanted to draw the UP Chief Minister's attention to illegal mining allegedly being patronised by BJP leaders.
The incident occurred when Adityanath was headed to Lok Bhawan for an event.
Mishra, who had disguised himself with the waiting media at the gate, tried to leap in front of the Chief Minister's car came arrived at the scene.
Mishra was, however, caught by the security personnel who later handed him over to the Hazratganj Police.
#WATCH Man jumped in front of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's convoy in #Lucknow, immediately removed by police. He was reportedly upset over no legal action against two BJP leaders, whom he had accused of illegal mining pic.twitter.com/bZFH0nReS9
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The cars of Governor Ram Naik, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma and visiting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis were right behind Adityanath`s vehicle when the incident happened.
Mishra later revealed that he had tried to meet the Chief Minister many times but was not able to.
Mishra said he wanted to tell Adityanath about the "illegal mining" being done in Sonebhadra "under the patronage of BJP`s Sardar legislator and BJP`s district president".
He alleged that BJP district president Ashok Kumar Mishra and Sardar legislator Bhupesh Chaubey were getting illegal mining of sand and concrete done through their men, and the police were silent.
Mishra revealed that he and his close aides had staged sit-in protests in Lucknow in the past but no one paid heed.
He also claimed to have concrete evidence against those involved in the illegal mining.
Mishra added that the permits, which cost Rs 2,200 each, were being sold in black for Rs 14,000 at the behest of the BJP leaders, while people are not getting enough construction material for their own houses.
(With IANS inputs)
