New Delhi, July 11: BJP MLA Rajesh Misra, whose daughter had recently released a video claiming threat to her life after she married a Dalit man, has denied putting any pressure on her. The BJP legislator from Bithari Chainpur in Bareilly district has told media that he respects his daughter’s decision.
“My daughter is an adult and has a right to take a decision,” Rajesh Misra said, adding that she had not been threatened by any member of the family or any person associated with him.
Rajesh Misra’s daughter Sakshi Misra (23) had released a video in which he alleged that she and her husband were being trheatened by her father, brother and an associate.
In the video, Sakshi Misra also appealed to the MPs and MLAs of Bareilly to not help Rajesh Misra as she alleged that her father and others were out to eliminate her.
In the video, Sakshi Misra has also told her father to let her live her life. The woman warned that if anything happens to her or her husband, she would do something that would put him behind bars.