When journalists in Patna asked the MLA about the video which was said to be from a few days ago, Mandal said, “As usual, I was carrying my licensed pistol. However, I had forgotten to take the holster (pistol cover). That’s why I kept the pistol inside the pocket of my pajamas.
He said, “I had gone to the hospital to see a relative. While climbing the stairs the pistol started falling out of my pocket. So I held it in my hand.
When the MLA, who is often in the news for his conduct, was questioned by journalists, he said, “The pistol is still with me.” What should I show?
When asked by journalists how can you wave a pistol in public like this in a hospital, the MLA said using abusive language, “Yes, yes, I will wave it.”
When the journalists protested strongly after Mandal uttered some more abusive words, the MLA threatened and said, “If you speak too much, we will tell you.” Later, the security personnel took the MLA to his vehicle.
Information about this matter was later given to Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary who was talking to JDU workers in the party office at that time. Choudhary is considered a confidant of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Chaudhary said, “If anyone in our party is talking like this, then he is wrong.”
He said, “Our party is a party which follows the ideologies of Bhimrao Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia and Karpuri Thakur. This kind of language is not appropriate at all. Be it mine or any other party. We are not people with pistols and ammunition. We are people who believe in the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi. That’s why we condemn it.
Bhagalpur Senior Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar told reporters, “The video has been examined by a Deputy Superintendent of Police level officer and it has been found that the honorable MLA was carrying a licensed weapon. The matter is now being sent to the District Magistrate, who is the licensing authority, for necessary action.
Mandal, who became MLA for the fourth time, has been in the headlines many times for his behaviour.
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