Union Minister Chirag Paswan files a police complaint against Swatantra Bhardwaj for misusing his name amid assault allegations.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan files a police complaint against Swatantra Bhardwaj for misusing his name amid assault allegations.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan filed a complaint against Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, accusing him of falsely using his name while claiming political backing in connection with an assault during a CJP protest in Delhi. Bhardwaj claimed in an interview that he “cracked the skull” of a student activist’s father during the protest.

Bharadwaj allegedly claimed in the video that he had assaulted Sanjay Kumar, the father of student protester Nishu Azad, during a recent demonstration. He also allegedly claimed that Delhi Police had let him off because he had “political connections”.