A group of Uttar Pradesh scribes on Thursday accused Varun Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Pilibhit of “misbehaviour” and sought security from the Pilibhit district administration while covering his programmes.
About 30 journalists from different media houses submitted a memorandum at the district magistrate’s office.
“We have asked the district administration to provide security to media persons during programmes of Varun Gandhi,” president of Pilibhit Journalist Association Mohan Kumar said.
Kumar alleged that Varun Gandhi misbehaved with some reporters May 19 when they approached him for his comments over the BJP’s poor performance in the state.
“Varun got angry and he along with his security personnel even attacked journalists of some TV news channels. Varun also damaged the camera of a TV journalist,” Kumar said.
Published 21 May 2009, 20:01 IST