Ahmedabad BJP MLA Balram Thavani kicks woman, video goes viral

A video of Balram Thavani, BJP MLA from Naroda constituency in Ahmedabad city became viral on social media where Thavani is seen kicking a women. The women had supposedly come to meet Thavani at his office to complain about scarcity of water and the incident happened just outside the office.

The video shows a group of people beating the lady, who falls on the ground. Thavani is seen kicking the women. However, later on Thavani said that he is sad about the incident and will say sorry to the lady.

गुजरात के विद्यायक महिला को लाते मारते हुए :

अहमदाबाद के नरोडा ईलाके में पानी की किल्लत की शिकायत करने गई एक महिला को गुजरात भाजपा के 'माननीय' विधायक बलराम थावानी ने खुलेआम बेरहमी के साथ पिटा ! @dgpgujarat, @AhmedabadPolice आप तुरंत गिरफ्तारी कीजिए! यह हरगिज नहीं चलेगा! pic.twitter.com/6mV7EmC6KV

— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) June 2, 2019

Thavani was earlier a corporator from Naroda ward of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. In 2017, he was nominated from Naroda constituency of state legislative. Thavani had won by a comfortable margin.

According to unconfirmed messages that went viral on social media, Kishor Thavani, brother of Balram Thavani is also accused of beating a person in a similar incident.