Maadam had gone to meet residents of Jalaram slum who were opposing a demolition drive and had entered into an altercation with the employees of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC). The MP from Jamnagar, Poonamben Maadam, received injuries on her head, shoulder and foot when she fell into the 8-feet deep drain while talking to municipal officials over a drive to remove encroachers in Gujarat’s fifth biggest city. A BJP parliamentarian from Gujarat was injured when she fell into a sewage drain in a freak accident in Jamnagar on Monday, officials said. Shaky TV footage showed people rushing to help the MP, in a yellow dress, lying on her back in the drain. The MP grabbed the headlines in April 2015 when she danced during a religious programme in Gujarat’s Veraval.

Source: Hindustan Times May 16, 2016 01:25 UTC