File Photo: JAP chief Pappu Yadav
Sitamarhi, Bihar:
Jan Adhikar Party President Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav today sustained minor injuries when a portion of a stage collapsed due to overloading in Naranga village in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, his close aide said.
The incident occurred when he was addressing a public meeting at Naranga village under Parihar Assembly constituency.
He was campaigning in favour of party nominee Sarita Yadav, JAP chief's PRO Ranjan Sinha, who was accompanying Mr Yadav, said over phone.
A portion of wooden dais collapsed due to overloading and some party members, including Mr Yadav received minor injuries, he added.
However, Mr Yadav later addressed another public meeting at Bidupur in Vaishali district while sitting on a chair, Mr Sinha said.
Pappu Yadav, who along with five other parties has formed a third front, has put up 109 candidates in the polls.
Mr Yadav's JAP has formed third front along with Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, Sharad Pawar's NCP, Samajwadi Janata Party of former Union minister Devendra Prasad Yadav, National Peoples Party of former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma and Samras Samaj Party of former union
minister Nagmani.
Recently, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) quit the third front citing pro-BJP statements by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The incident occurred when he was addressing a public meeting at Naranga village under Parihar Assembly constituency.
He was campaigning in favour of party nominee Sarita Yadav, JAP chief's PRO Ranjan Sinha, who was accompanying Mr Yadav, said over phone.
A portion of wooden dais collapsed due to overloading and some party members, including Mr Yadav received minor injuries, he added.
However, Mr Yadav later addressed another public meeting at Bidupur in Vaishali district while sitting on a chair, Mr Sinha said.
Pappu Yadav, who along with five other parties has formed a third front, has put up 109 candidates in the polls.
Mr Yadav's JAP has formed third front along with Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, Sharad Pawar's NCP, Samajwadi Janata Party of former Union minister Devendra Prasad Yadav, National Peoples Party of former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma and Samras Samaj Party of former union
minister Nagmani.
Recently, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) quit the third front citing pro-BJP statements by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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