JODHPUR: BJP MLA from Alwar, Gyan Dev Ahuja, has had no competition when it comes to making foot-in-the-mouth statements. Apparently, he now has competition from another MLA of the saffron brigade—Arjun Lal Garg of Bilara. Addressing a gathering of Dewasi community on Wednesday, the MLA had some sage advice for community members: “Stop peddling drugs. It’s a non-bailable offence. Instead, smuggle gold for which you can easily obtain bail.”
Predictably, the video addressing the gathering went viral and clearly showed him giving this suggestion to the community. Garg’s advice follows the answer he received for a question raised in the assembly on the number of prisoners cooling their heels in Jodhpur jail for crimes under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic (NDPS) Act. He, however,could not be contacted for comments. Sources said that he had left for Ladakh on a leisure tour.
‘Safer to do gold business than deal with drugs’
While his speech did begin benignly by asking the younger generation to stay away from drugs, it went into unchartered territory when he spoke about prisoners in Jodhpur jail accused under NDPS Act.
Prasanta Patnaik