Jammu: A photo of a BJP MLA on the back of his Personal Security Officer (PSO) to cross a rivulet in Jammu and Kashmir has gone viral on social media.
Justifying his action, the legislator said the PSO has been employed by the government to help him.
"This is not misuse of power, the government has employed the PSO to help me, what is wrong if he helped me cross the rivulet," Krishan Lal told reporters today.
In the picture, the legislator from Chhamb Assembly seat, is seen crossing the rivulet on the back of his PSO. He said that both of them were helping each other as it was the duty of the PSO to help him cross the rivulet.
"No this is not bonded labour, we were crossing the rivulet when he volunteered to carry me on his back, we are here to help each other, we both are public servants," he said.
The lawmaker said in the past when he served in the area as a doctor for several years, he used to cross the rivulet on his own, but now that he has a PSO after he became an lawmaker, it was the duty of the PSO to serve the representative of the public.
