Summary:
Patna, Sep 3 (PTI) The opposition in Bihar on Friday found fresh ammunition against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar"s JD(U) after a video of a party MLA travelling by a New Delhi-bound train in undergarments went viral.
Gopal Mandal, who represents Gopalpur constituency of Bhagalpur district, had boarded the the Tejas Express here the previous evening.
The video, beamed by news channels and portals, shows Mandal engaged in a spat with some fellow passengers who were objecting to his "roaming around" in his vest and underpants.
"The matter was sorted out as the melee led to the RPF being called and record the statements of myself and the hostile co-passenger," Mandal told reporters.
He, however, insisted that the co-passenger had "over-reacted", claiming "I was suffering from dysentery.
No sooner did the train chug off that I felt the need to urgently move my bowels.