On Friday (January 30, 2026), a big uproar broke out in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, when BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput stopped the convoy of his own government’s cabinet minister Swatantra Dev Singh in the middle of the road. The political stir in UP has intensified regarding this matter. Now on this matter, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig and said that this is just an example.

SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav posted on X and wrote – “We had already said that not only the ‘double engine’ of BJP but also the coaches are colliding with each other. Be it BJP’s ministers or MLAs who are engaged in earning money and grabbing land, none of them are working for the public or development. That is why they are blaming each other to save themselves from the public’s anger. The BJP MLA holding a minister of his own BJP government hostage shows that the BJP government is Now don’t think that this is just a fight between these two, this time BJP will not get candidates to contest the elections.

what was the whole matter

In Mahoba, BJP MLA stopped the convoy of Minister Swatantra Dev Singh to express his protest. UP Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh would hardly have thought that in the district where he reached to review government schemes and programs, the MLAs of his own party would stand in front of him like a wall. When Minister Swatantra Dev Singh was going from one program to another, BJP MLA from Charkhari Brij Bhushan Rajput along with about 50 village heads and hundreds of supporters stopped his convoy of vehicles on the highway. Police and administrative officials were in shock.

MLA said officials are not listening to him

The SDM and CO tried hard to convince the MLA, but the enthusiasm and anger of the supporters was not diminishing. Seeing the situation worsening, the cabinet minister himself got down from his car and reached the MLA on foot. MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput alleged that the roads of about 100 villages in his assembly constituency were dug up in the name of laying pipelines under the Jal Jeevan Mission, but even after months they were not repaired. The MLA clearly said that the officials are not listening to him, due to which there is huge anger among the villagers.

Minister Swatantra Dev Singh took angry MLA to Collectorate

Meanwhile, when the police tried to remove the supporters, the atmosphere became tense and there was a fierce scuffle. To pacify the angry MLA, Minister Swatantra Dev Singh took him to the Collectorate in his own car. There, an emergency meeting was held with ADM Namami Gange, DM, SP and other officials in a closed room for about an hour. The minister, in a strict tone, has assured that the dug up roads will be repaired within 20 days. However, even after this meeting, the tension did not subside, Minister Swatantra Dev Singh left without talking to the media, while MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput roared and said that this is an ambitious plan of PM Modi and the negligence of the officials will not be tolerated. He warned that if the work is not done, he is ready to take even more stringent steps.

There was a political stir in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh on Friday (January 30, 2026) when the path of Cabinet Minister Swatantra Dev Singh was blocked by BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput alias Guddu Bhaiya. This incident is said to have taken place near Ramshree Mahavidyalaya, where the minister was returning from a program.

According to the information, Cabinet Minister Swatantra Dev Singh was returning after participating in the ‘Youth Udghosh Program’. About 100 village heads were also present in this program. Meanwhile, BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput along with his supporters stopped the minister’s convoy and the MLA expressed his displeasure over the poor condition of the roads in his assembly constituency.

It is being told that under Jal Jeevan Mission, roads were dug in many villages to lay pipelines, but the repairs were not done properly. Due to this the villagers are facing a lot of problems. The MLA and his supporters were angry over this issue. He lodged a protest with the minister and demanded immediate action. The situation became tense when a heated argument broke out between the MLA’s supporters and the police.

An atmosphere of jostling and chaos was created

CO Sadar and Kotwal present at the spot tried to control the crowd, but the anger of the supporters kept increasing. For some time there was an atmosphere of jostling and chaos. According to the people present there, an altercation took place between the cabinet minister and the MLA. However, later the police and administrative officials took charge of the situation and the minister’s convoy could move ahead.

Who is BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput?

Let us tell you that Brijbhushan Rajput alias Guddu Bhaiya is a BJP MLA from Charkhari assembly of Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh. He had won the assembly elections of 2017 and 2012.

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