- January 3, 2024
Shajapur collector sparks row with ‘aukaat’ remark | India News – Times of India
INDORE: Just when news began coming from Delhi of a breakthrough in talks between the government and striking truckers, the collector of Shajapur district in MP triggered a controversy by snubbing a truck driver on his ‘aukaat’ at a meeting called to resolve the crisis.
“What can you do? Kyaa aukaat hai tumhari (what is your worth),” collector Kishore Kanyal is heard saying in a now viral video. The trucker replies with folded hands, “Yahi to hai hamari ladai, hamari koi aukaat nahi hai (this is our fight, we don’t have any worth.”
The exchange began trending on X just as hope was picking up for the strike to end. As the controversy snowballed, Kanyal sought to explain his remark: “What I meant to say is that they don’t have the status to create a ruckus and trouble people.”
Kanyal, like other collectors in MP, called a meeting with drivers and transporters who were protesting the proposed law that prescribes a 10-year prison term and Rs 7 lakh fine in hit-and-run cases.
Amid an exchange of words between the transporters and some officials sitting next to the collector, the video shows Kanyal pointing a finger at a person and saying: “Aisi Baat Mat Kare Yahan Pe, Samajh Me Aaya. Kyaa bol rahe ho jara samajh rakho. Kya karoge tum, kya aukaat hai tumhari’ (Don’t talk like that here, understood. Just understand what you are saying. What will you do, what’s your worth)?”
The person is then seen folding his hands, seeking an apology and saying: “This is what we are fighting for. We don’t have any worth.” He expresses displeasure at the collector’s remark, asks him to speak politely, and tries to garner support from other participants, but to no avail. A policeman is then seen moving towards the man and he is taken out of the meeting by cops.
When approached for his comment on the viral video, Kanyal told TOI, “We had called a meeting of all those who were on strike. We asked them to register their protest peacefully and in a democratic way, and not to take the law in their hands. There should be any violence, and they shouldn’t stop transportation of essential commodities as there are directions of the Supreme Court and high court.”
He added, “Around 250 protestors attended today’s meeting. One of them was repeatedly saying that they will go to any extent if the government fails to accept their demands and they won’t heed any request. It was with reference to this that I said that they don’t have the status to create a ruckus and trouble people. This is what I meant to say.”
“The meeting ended successfully as all the participants agreed not to take the law in their hands and interrupt transportation,” he said.
“What can you do? Kyaa aukaat hai tumhari (what is your worth),” collector Kishore Kanyal is heard saying in a now viral video. The trucker replies with folded hands, “Yahi to hai hamari ladai, hamari koi aukaat nahi hai (this is our fight, we don’t have any worth.”
The exchange began trending on X just as hope was picking up for the strike to end. As the controversy snowballed, Kanyal sought to explain his remark: “What I meant to say is that they don’t have the status to create a ruckus and trouble people.”
Kanyal, like other collectors in MP, called a meeting with drivers and transporters who were protesting the proposed law that prescribes a 10-year prison term and Rs 7 lakh fine in hit-and-run cases.
Amid an exchange of words between the transporters and some officials sitting next to the collector, the video shows Kanyal pointing a finger at a person and saying: “Aisi Baat Mat Kare Yahan Pe, Samajh Me Aaya. Kyaa bol rahe ho jara samajh rakho. Kya karoge tum, kya aukaat hai tumhari’ (Don’t talk like that here, understood. Just understand what you are saying. What will you do, what’s your worth)?”
The person is then seen folding his hands, seeking an apology and saying: “This is what we are fighting for. We don’t have any worth.” He expresses displeasure at the collector’s remark, asks him to speak politely, and tries to garner support from other participants, but to no avail. A policeman is then seen moving towards the man and he is taken out of the meeting by cops.
When approached for his comment on the viral video, Kanyal told TOI, “We had called a meeting of all those who were on strike. We asked them to register their protest peacefully and in a democratic way, and not to take the law in their hands. There should be any violence, and they shouldn’t stop transportation of essential commodities as there are directions of the Supreme Court and high court.”
He added, “Around 250 protestors attended today’s meeting. One of them was repeatedly saying that they will go to any extent if the government fails to accept their demands and they won’t heed any request. It was with reference to this that I said that they don’t have the status to create a ruckus and trouble people. This is what I meant to say.”
“The meeting ended successfully as all the participants agreed not to take the law in their hands and interrupt transportation,” he said.
