Summary:
It was a very shaky start for the Patnagarh MLA, Saroj Meher whose recent actions in making a government official to do sit-ups as a measure of punishment did smack of a pre-medieval stupidity.
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D.N.
Singh
The incident took place about a month back and in public glare.
A wealthy man called Saroj Meher of Patnagarh in Balangir district fought for the Assembly seat as a Biju Janata Dal candidate.
He won the election and ousted the five-time MLA K.V.Singh Deo.
On a complaint over bad roads, Meher held a kind of Kangaroo Court and punished the Junior Engineer concerned forcing him to do sit-ups and get slapped by his senior officer in the public.
He was alleged of sub-standard work and the MLA was bang on to boost his image by that act which invited condemnation from all.
It was a very shaky start for the Patnagarh MLA, Saroj Meher whose recent actions in making a government official to do sit-ups as a measure of punishment did smack of a pre-medieval stupidity.