Team Clarion
NEW DELHI – Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) MLA from Hawa Mahal Balmukund Acharya raided a Muslim doctor’s chambers and harassed staff members in Rajasthan’s Jaipur.
The incident reportedly happened on December 12 however, came to light on Saturday, December 14 when a video went viral on social media.
The video shows MLA Acharya confronting the Muslim staff and accusing them of being a “fake doctor”, despite the presence of a valid medical certificate displayed in the chamber.
He speaks to someone on a phone call and claims that the individuals are selling expired medicines. He demands a legal investigation into their practices.
The BJP MLA makes derogatory remarks using slurs while expressing his “concern” over patient safety. He says, “Yai Julaa chap Bengali har jagha doctor bane bethe hai, patients to maar dale ge” (These Bengalis have opened their medical shops everywhere here and they will kill patients).
Balmukund Acharya has a history of controversial behaviour of targeting Muslims.
Earlier in October, Acharya barged into the Shia Imambara wearing shoes and falsely claimed that the Imambara was a temple, demanding to know the whereabouts of idols. The incident occurred in Rajasthan’s Jaipur city and sparked communal tensions in the area.
In this case, residents noted that Acharya has a history of making similar moves, attempting to lay claim to land by falsely declaring it as a temple site or other property.
Human rights activists argue that such provocative actions reveal a troubling trend of a hostile environment fostered by certain far-right political leaders who seek to demonstrate their loyalty to party ideologies through aggressive and discriminatory tactics against minority groups.
