00:00This is MP Pappu Yadav distributing cash to people affected by the floods in Bihar.
00:04A man can be heard saying,
00:05Do minute ke liye rog dije sir,
00:07but neither the car stops for the people with folded hands,
00:09nor for the children who barely manage to peep into the car.
00:16Talking about their dignity might seem like a tall ask,
00:18when one can only thank fate,
00:20a simple stumble could have landed them under the independent Purnia MP's wheels.
00:24Pappu Yadav, cash in hand, his car and a crowd are a familiar sight.
00:27Recently, when a journalist questioned him about a local concern,
00:31he casually slipped a note into his hand.
00:33An apparent bribe that changed the narrative of his question.
00:41While this incident from August 10th didn't count as a crime,
00:44his name has popped up in quite a few of them.
00:46In 1998, Yadav was accused of murdering CPIMMLC Ajit Sarkar
00:50and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
00:52But in 2013, he was acquitted in the case.
00:54In the 1995 Purnia arms drop scandal,
00:59Pappu Yadav was accused of aiding the prime accused
01:01in evading Indian authorities.
01:03In the Purnia case,
01:04a Latvian aircraft dropped hundreds of AK-47 rifles and ammunition
01:07over villages in Purnia, this Bengal.
01:12In 2021, Pappu Yadav was arrested in connection
01:14with a 32-year-old kidnapping case from 1989.
01:17He was later granted bail.
01:19In 2015, he was also accused of threatening
01:21to hit an air hostess with slippers.
01:23While the MP is often praised for showing up during disasters,
01:26he also faces criticism for doing it mainly to gain online attention.
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