BJD's Sambalpur MP Nagendra Pradhan today came down heavily on media persons as they rushed to him for a comment after taking statement of the district collector beforehand.
Both the MP and the collector were present at a function marking birth anniversary of Veer Surendra Sai here.
The media persons had to face the wrath of the MP because they sought his comments after they took the district collector's comments.
Pradhan questioned the media persons why they took the reactions of the bureaucrat before him.
Pradhan even asked the media, "Who is more important, a political representative or the bureaucrat?"
The video of the MP losing control and going into rage has gone viral since.
In the video, Pradhan asked the media persons whether the chief secretary is more important than the chief minister.
He even said that they formulate law and the bureaucrats execute it.
Pradhan also accused the media persons of going after the bureaucrats to get advertisement.
Refusing to answer the queries of the media, he and said that he would not make any statement until the reporters apologised.
When contacted, Sambalpur MP, Nagendra Pradhan, said that the media persons came to him after they took the reaction of district collector.
"I told them that I would not give any reaction. It is not mandatory for me to give reaction," he said.
Pradhan also said, legislative, media and executive should work within their prescribed limits.
The Sambalpur Press Club has condemned the behaviour of the Sambalpur MP.
The President of Sambalpur Press Club, Deepak Panda said Pradhan's behaviour was unfortunate adding that media persons are not government servants.
A journalist takes the reactions as per his/her convenience and as time permits.
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