Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Charkhari, Uttar Pradesh, Brajbhushan Rajput stopping Yogi government minister Swatantra Dev Singh in the middle of the road on Friday (January 30, 2026) has become a major topic of political discussion. Actually, BJP MLA Brajbhushan Rajput along with about 100 village heads and supporters had come to meet the minister and point out the shortcomings of the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. In such a situation, after this incident, now the opposition party Congress is taunting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Congress party shared a video post on social media platform X on Friday (January 30, 2026). In the post, BJP MLA Braj Bhushan Rajput is seen talking to Minister Swatantra Dev Singh about the scheme in the middle of the road.
What did Congress say in the video post?
On this, the Congress party wrote that the BJP MLA in UP surrounded the minister of the BJP government. BJP MLA says- No work has been done on the ground under ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ scheme. The roads have been dug up for many years and there are leakages in the pipes.
In UP, BJP MLA surrounded the BJP government minister.
BJP MLA says- No work has been done on the ground under ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ scheme. The roads have been dug up for many years and there are leakages in the pipes.
This shows that the BJP government is immersed in corruption from top to bottom, now the testimony of this comes from BJP itself… pic.twitter.com/0xIJ8uBFkG
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 30, 2026
Congress further said, ‘This shows that the BJP government is immersed in corruption from top to bottom, now the BJP MLAs and BJP leaders themselves are testifying to this. Actually, the scheme money is being released on paper, but in reality no work is being done. All these schemes are being used to fill the bank accounts of BJP leaders.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav took a dig
At the same time, National President of Samajwadi Party, the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav has also taken a dig at this entire incident. Akhilesh Yadav taunted in a post shared on social media platform Be it BJP ministers or MLAs who are busy earning money and grabbing land, none of them are working for the public or development. That is why to avoid public anger, they are blaming each other.
Big News: Free become hostages!
News: BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput held Minister Swatantra Dev Singh hostage over the bad roads of the area, drinking water crisis in villages and incomplete works of Jal Jeevan Mission.
Thought: We had already said that not only the ‘double engine’ of BJP but also the coaches… pic.twitter.com/XbHv5Dl1CM
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) January 30, 2026
He said, ‘The taking hostage of a minister of one’s own BJP government by a BJP MLA shows that the MLAs of the BJP government are now going to lose in the next elections. However, it should not be thought that this is a fight only between these two, in fact this is only a sample, the situation is similar in every assembly constituency. This time BJP will not get any candidates to contest the elections. BJP’s power has derailed.
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