Man consumes poison in BJP office over notes ban & GST, dies

He had cited losses incurred due to demonetisation and GST before taking the extreme step.

A man in Uttarakhand, who consumed poison inside a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office citing demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Saturday, breathed his last on Tuesday.

The man had consumed poison inside BJP office in Haldwani. He cited losses incurred due to demonetisation and GST as the cause for taking the extreme step.

He had even narrated his ordeal before Uttarakhand Agriculture Minister Subodh Uniyal during a janta darbar on Saturday.

The deceased, Prakash Pandey, had said that he was taking the extreme step as he failed to take up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, reported Prabhat Khabar.

Soon after he consumed poison on Saturday, BJP workers rushed him to Max hospital in Dehradun in the minister’s car.

Reacting to the incident, Uttarkhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief over the incident.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat termed the incident as a matter of shame for the state government. He said that Pandey was a victim of demonetisation and GST implementation.