<p class="title">Union minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday gave a dressing down to a government official in his Lok Sabha constituency here for apparently showing reluctance to alight from a vehicle while speaking with him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh has been touring flood-affected areas of his Lok Sabha constituency since Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sunday morning, while he was travelling on foot, accompanied by supporters, local residents and a Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Anand, the car of Nishant, Sub Divisional Officer of Teghra, pulled up close by.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Singh addressed the official, he replied from within the car, irking the minister's supporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The firebrand BJP leader got sore and remarked, "Why would he alight from his vehicle? He is a babu (an honorific used in Bihar to describe bureaucrats). I greet him with folded hands."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official, subsequently, got out of his car and tried to placate Singh, who gave him a piece of his mind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"While touring this area I have heard a lot of tareef (praise) for you from the people. Please ensure that more of this does not happen," Singh remarked with trademark acerbity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You must ensure that relief is provided to all the people of the sub-division without any discrimination. I remember that a relief camp had been set up here in 2016 when areas were similarly inundated. A camp should be set up again. Else I am going to stage a dharna in front of your premises," he told the official, who nodded with folded hands.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh also said that he would apprise the chief minister and the chief secretary of the flood situation in his constituency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And please do not remain under the illusion that I will be content with speaking to you. I am going to speak to the Chief Minister as well as the Chief Secretary about the flood in my constituency. So you better set your house in order," he warned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh gave up his sitting seat of Nawada in the general elections this year and retained Begusarai for his party by trouncing CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar by over four lakh votes. </p>
<p class="title">Union minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday gave a dressing down to a government official in his Lok Sabha constituency here for apparently showing reluctance to alight from a vehicle while speaking with him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh has been touring flood-affected areas of his Lok Sabha constituency since Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sunday morning, while he was travelling on foot, accompanied by supporters, local residents and a Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Anand, the car of Nishant, Sub Divisional Officer of Teghra, pulled up close by.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When Singh addressed the official, he replied from within the car, irking the minister's supporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The firebrand BJP leader got sore and remarked, "Why would he alight from his vehicle? He is a babu (an honorific used in Bihar to describe bureaucrats). I greet him with folded hands."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official, subsequently, got out of his car and tried to placate Singh, who gave him a piece of his mind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"While touring this area I have heard a lot of tareef (praise) for you from the people. Please ensure that more of this does not happen," Singh remarked with trademark acerbity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You must ensure that relief is provided to all the people of the sub-division without any discrimination. I remember that a relief camp had been set up here in 2016 when areas were similarly inundated. A camp should be set up again. Else I am going to stage a dharna in front of your premises," he told the official, who nodded with folded hands.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh also said that he would apprise the chief minister and the chief secretary of the flood situation in his constituency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And please do not remain under the illusion that I will be content with speaking to you. I am going to speak to the Chief Minister as well as the Chief Secretary about the flood in my constituency. So you better set your house in order," he warned.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh gave up his sitting seat of Nawada in the general elections this year and retained Begusarai for his party by trouncing CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar by over four lakh votes. </p>