Stage collapses at rally, Pappu Yadav injured

Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) president Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav sustained minor injuries when a portion of a stage collapsed due to overloading in Naranga village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district on Monday.

The incident occurred while Yadav was addressing a public meeting at Naranga village under Parihar Assembly constituency for party nominee Sarita Yadav, JAP chief’s PRO Ranjan Sinha, who is accompanying Yadav, said over phone.

A portion of wooden dais collapsed due to overloading and Yadav’s left leg got stuck, Sinha said. Few other party workers also received minor injuries, he added.

Yadav, who received minor injury in the incident, late addressed another public meeting at Bidupur in Vaishali district while sitting on a chair, the PRO said.