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However, the child’s father, Riaz Mohammad, downplayed the incident that took place on Thursday, saying the deputy speaker’s hand had brushed against his son while he was trying to make him understand something.
In the clip, Hans Raj can be seen talking to the students of a government school in his assembly segment Churah when one of them started laughing. The deputy speaker was then seen slapping the boy.
Congress MLA Vikramaditya Singh termed the incident “unfortunate and unacceptable”.
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Mohammad’s video was shared by Hans Raj on his Facebook page.