Assam BJP MLA Slammed For Piggyback Ride During Flood Review
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Lumding MLA Sibu Misra was in the Hojai district to review the flood situation in the area.
A BJP MLA from Assam is being slammed by social media users after a video of him taking a piggyback ride to a boat on the back of a flood rescue worker surfaced online. Sibu Misra, MLA from Lumding assembly, is being criticised for being "insensitive" as the floods have caused devastation in the northeastern state, killing at least nine and affecting more than 6.6 lakh people spread over 27 districts of Assam. #WATCH | Assam: BJP MLA from Lumding Assembly, Sibu Misra was seen taking a piggyback ride to a boat, on the back of a flood rescue worker yesterday, May 18th. He was in Hojai to review the flood situation in the area. pic.twitter.com/Rq0mJ8msxt
Mr Misra was in the Hojai district to review the flood situation in the area.
A video tweeted by news agency ANI shows the MLA being carried by a rescue worker to a boat, which is barely a few steps away, in ankle-deep water.
