It was an unusual sight when an Uttar Pradesh legislator burst into tears, saying his Rs 10 lakh was stolen. He also said that he would “commit suicide” if the money was not recovered.
While narrating the incident, Kalpnath Paswan, Samajwadi Party MLA from Mehnagar constituency in Azamgarh, claimed that he was a poor farmer and had nowhere else to go. “I am pleading with folded hands in the House. Where should I go, if I do not get justice from here. I will die…I am a very poor person…If my money is not recovered I will commit suicide,” Paswan said while raising the matter during Zero hour.
“I have lost Rs 10 lakh from a hotel in Azamgarh and district police officials are not paying heed to my repeated pleas to register a case in this regard for the last one month,” he said with folded hands. He further added that he had taken out Rs 10 lakh in two installments of Rs 5 lakh each from his bank account in Lucknow on January 7 for construction of the roof of his house. After this, he left for Azamgarh, but as it was taking time to reach the village, he checked into a hotel. The MLA said the money was stolen from a hotel in Azamgarh and no FIR has been registered yet. Replying to him, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said he will seek a report and ensure justice.