BJP MP slammed after party worker’s kin dies

Surat: BJP MP from Bardoli Prabhu Vasava faced the ire of a BJP worker at a Covid-19 isolation centre in Puna area of the city on Wednesday. Mahesh Hirpara, secretary of ward 16 (Puna West) of city BJP unit, was angry with his party leaders since he did not get their help in arranging proper treatment for his cousin brother who succumbed to Covid-19 recently.
Videos of the incident went viral in which Hirpara is seen angrily shouting at the BJP leaders including Vasava. The MP was accompanied by local BJP leaders.
In a similar incident that happened recently, city BJP mayor Hemali Boghawala had to face the anger of her party workers in the Sarthana area when she went there to participate in a protest against the post-poll violence in West Bengal. Following angry protests and shouting of slogans by the workers she had to leave the spot.
Vasava went on a visit to the Covid isolation centre at Saurashtra Patidar Social Trust in Puna. He was inspecting the work at the kitchen of the community centre when Hirpara, a textile businessman, started questioning him for not answering his calls.
“I made several calls to Vasava and our MLA from Kamrej for help. My brother was critical but they did not answer my calls. I needed Remdesivir injections for him but I did not get my leaders’ help,” Hirpara told TOI.
Hirpara’s cousin brother Pravin, 40, died due to Covid-19 on April 29 in a city hospital. In the video Hirpara is heard asking Vasava that why had he come now and where was he when he and other BJP workers needed his help.
Vasava said that he is also pained due to the loss of a family member of the worker. “A partner worker can express his anger and I have to listen to it. I did not receive his calls and I have set up a control room to help people in this crisis,” Vasava told TOI.