Mahendra Rajbhar, the national president of the Suheldev Swabhiman Party, was assaulted by his former companion Brijesh Rajbhar in broad daylight during a Bhoomi Pujan event and the celebration of Maharaja Suheldev’s Vijay Diwas in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday.

A video of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, it was seen Brijesh garlanding Mahendra and, following that, raining blows on him.

Following the incident, Mahendra Rajbhar filed a written complaint with the police against Brijesh Rajbhar.

While speaking to the media, Mahendra Rajbhar said that during the Bhoomi Pujan programme, Brijesh allegedly garlanded him and then slapped him several times when it was his turn to speak.

“I was the chief guest at the Bhoomi Pujan event in the Jalalpur police station area. At the end of the event, when it was my turn to speak, Brijesh Rajbhar garlanded me and assaulted me,” said Mahendra.

He also alleged that Brijesh carried out the assault at the behest of Om Prakash Rajbhar of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party and a minister in Yogi Adityanath’s government.

Brijesh, however, has refuted all the allegations levelled against him and accused Mahendra of taking funding from the Samajwadi Party and abusing him during the programme.

“We were celebrating the Vijay Diwas of Maharaja Suheldev when Mahendra Rajbhar arrived. While talking over several issues, he started abusing me,” said Brijesh.

Mahendra, too, has refuted all the allegations levelled by Brijesh Rajbhar against him.

With inputs from Aditya Prakash Bharadwaj

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