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Watch: Kanpur BJP councillor ‘threatens’ elderly man for votes, they claim later they were bantering

Raghavendra Mishra, councillor from Govind Nagar in Kanpur, UP said the elderly man was his uncle and they were merely settling a family matter.

Scroll Staff
Feb 02, 2022 · 02:26 pm

Update in #Kanpur incident.

The senior citizen claims himself to be uncle of Raghavendra Mishra.

"We were merely joking as why i should join the #BJP", says the senior citizen. pic.twitter.com/VC6kLUQrC5

— Arvind Chauhan (@Arv_Ind_Chauhan) February 1, 2022
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