Overview

• Kushwaha was summoned to Bhopal on Friday and was sternly warned by state BJP chief Hemant Khandelwal alongside senior leaders Mahendra Singh and Hitanand Sharma, according to party sources.
• The confrontation began during a protest over an alleged fertiliser shortage, where video showed the MLA insulting the officer and raising his hand outside Collector Sanjeev Shrivastava’s residence.
• Collector Shrivastava said there is no fertiliser shortage, asserted that supplies are being issued under rules to curb black marketing, and linked the tension to action against illegal sand mining.
• The collector said cases of sand theft were registered against many who accompanied the MLA and alleged Kushwaha pressured him to go soft, while the MLA complained to Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar and accused the officer of twisting the issue.
• Congress leaders amplified the video to highlight farmer grievances, and local reports placed the episode within recent run-ins between BJP legislators and district officials across Madhya Pradesh.