MUMBAI: A video of BJP’s Ghatkopar (E) MLA Parag Shah repeatedly assaulting an auto-rickshaw driver, surrounded by supporters, went viral on social media on Saturday. The incident prompted condemnation from Congress. Shah was unavailable for comment over the phone.On her social media account, Congress Mumbai president and MP Varsha Gaikwad posted the video stating “BJP MLAs have become so arrogant that they don’t spare poor rickshaw drivers. In Ghatkopar, BJP MLA Parag Shah beat up a rickshaw driver today because he violated traffic. Since it’s their home minister, BJP MLAs take the law into their own hands, and now they’re even brawling on the streets! This is the real BJP..”On his social media account, Shah described his aggressive drive against unauthorised hawkers in Ghatkopar (E). On Friday, he wrote that citizens were extremely distressed due to unauthorised hawkers and increasing traffic congestion in the Tilak Road area. Despite repeated complaints, no concrete action was taken, so, along with citizens, a grand public movement was launched on the streets.
