Collector Shajapur Kishore Kanyal seen gesturing to a truck driver at an official assembly.
“Achhe se bolo (converse properly),” requested the truck driver to the highest district official.
“Kya bol rahe ho jara dhyaan rakho. Kya karoge tum; Kya aukat hai tumhari (What are you saying. What’s going to you do? What’s your stature),” shot again the irate official on the assembly known as to debate the grievances of truckdrivers over the hit-and-run regulation that has sparked large protests throughout the nation.
“Yahi toh ladai hai ki hamari koi aukat nahi (That is the battle that we now have no stature),” the motive force, not backing down, instructed the officer.
The officer, Kishore Kanyal, Collector Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, ended the dialog with “don’t take regulation into your arms”, and threw in a suggestion: “this isn’t the way you battle”.
“We have now known as you all to listen to your grievances,” he added additional.
The video nevertheless, in web converse, has gone viral.
Hours later, the officer issued a clarification, saying he didn’t intend to harm anybody.
आज ड्रायवर्स और उनके संगठनों के साथ संपन्न हुई बैठक में एक व्यक्ति द्वारा बैठक में बार-बार 03 जनवरी के बाद किसी भी लेवल पर जाने की बात कहने पर कलेक्टर श्री किशोर कन्याल ने उसे शांत करने के लिए थोड़े तल्ख लहजे में कही गई बात किसी को ठेस पहुंचाने के उद्देश्य से नहीं कही गई थी। pic.twitter.com/jgMvs5Gwwy
— Collector Shajapur (@collectorshajap) January 2, 2024
“Within the assembly held right now with the drivers and their organizations, when an individual repeatedly requested about going to any stage after January 3, Collector Kishore Kanyal stated one thing in a harsh tone to pacify him. It was not stated with the intention of wounding,” his workplace posted on X.
The particular person was repeatedly standing up within the assembly and creating disruption within the dialogue, stated his workplace, including that the intention was “to not damage anybody”.
“The Collector has made it clear that nobody shall be allowed to interrupt regulation and order within the district. It’s our duty to guard the general public and we is not going to permit a regulation and order state of affairs to come up below any circumstances. We are going to take strict motion in opposition to those that break the regulation,” it stated additional.
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor too shared the video and took a swipe on the authorities.
हर एक बात पे कहते हो तुम कि तू क्या है
तुम्हीं कहो कि ये अंदाज़-ए-गुफ़्तुगू क्या है?#Driverstrikehttps://t.co/ZeS0OJV9JZ— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 2, 2024
Later within the day, the truckers’ stir was known as off because the Centre assured that it might seek the advice of stakeholders earlier than implementing a contentious regulation in opposition to hit-and-run.
Union Residence Secretary Ajay Bhalla stated the federal government has taken cognisance of the considerations of truckers concerning the availability of 10 years imprisonment and superb and held the detailed dialogue with the representatives of the All India Motor Transport Congress.