After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stern message regarding the assault by BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya on a civic official, local party leaders claimed Tuesday that Vijayvargiya was not welcomed upon his release.Akash, son of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, was caught on tv cameras last week while attacking a civic official here. After the MLA was released on bail, he was welcomed with garlands at the local BJP office.Some pictures showed a garlanded Akash being offered sweets by local BJP leader Gopikrishna Nema. Indore-2 MLA Ramesh Mendola and other party leaders were also present. Speaking to reporters here, Mendola said, "Akash was not welcomed (after he got bail). Kailash Vijayvargiya had crossed his party's line on several occasions but the BJP did not dare take action against him, the Congress leader claimed.

Source: dna July 03, 2019 03:58 UTC