The Yeshwantpur police station turned into a war zone with BJP and Congress party workers protesting against each other on Monday. It all started with a fight that erupted between BJP corporator from JP Park, Mamatha Vasudev, and Congress leader Sunanda K.
The two had a face-off in SBM Colony, JP Park, around 9 am. The corporator’s husband Vasudev said that while inspecting road works in the locality, Mamatha found that workers were not using wet mix to lay the road. When she asked the workers to use wet mix, Sunanda, who had lost to Mamatha in the BBMP elections, intervened.
“She told us that the project is being taken up under the MLA’s fund and we cannot question the workers,” Vasudev told Deccan Herald.
Vasudev claimed that Sunanda and her supporter Rajareddy abused Mamatha, provoking BJP workers. “She (Sunanda) has been interfering in ward works and creating disturbance,” he suggested. Sunanda denied that she abused the corporator. She said she had in fact questioned the poor quality of road work like any other citizen.
Vasudev and his wife went on to lodge a complaint at the Yeshwantpur police station. Sunanda also filed a complaint there.
Mamatha and Sunanda were later admitted to hospital for ill health. Mamatha, who was admitted to M S Ramaiah hospital, was discharged late in the evening. The local Rajarajeshwari Nagar MLA Munirathna of the Congress said he was yet to get full details of the incident.
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