Vadodara: BJP MLA Madhu Shrivastava has raked up another controversy while inaugurating the party’s election office at Sayajipura. Addressing the gathering of party workers on Wednesday, Shrivastava said that police and district collector are in his pockets. A short video clip of Shrivastava making such glaring statement was widely shared on social media platforms. Only 10 days ago, the motormouth BJP MLA had threatened a local journalist when he was asked about his son Deepak’s candidature in the civic polls.
When asked about Shrivastava’s utterances, deputy CM Nitin Patel said that no post holder or citizen should ignore the law and Shrivastava’s statement was not justified.
“I do not know in what reference he spoke this, but such words cannot be used for not only a collector, but even a small official, neighbour or citizen,” said Patel, who was in Vadodara for campaign.