Delhi Road Inspection Clash
Delhi Minister Appears to Slap Man During Heated Road Inspection Argument
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A viral video appears to show Delhi Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma pushing down a young man’s phone and slapping him during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar, West Delhi. The confrontation came amid an argument with local residents and AAP leaders over the quality of road construction; AAP shared the footage and criticized Verma. The video also shows a security guard stepping between Verma and the man as bystanders protest.
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Before the confrontation, AAP Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh demonstrated the road’s poor condition by pulling up large chunks of pavement, which came off easily, and accused the BJP government of having residents’ videos deleted.
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The dispute over the road included barbed exchanges between Verma and Singh; one voice in the video mocked Singh as “coming over acting like an offended uncle-in-law.”
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People in the crowd reacted to the apparent slap with remarks including, “No one can slap the common man,” and, “He slapped him while the video was being recorded.”
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