A day earlier than the primary part of the Bihar elections, Union Minister and JD(U) chief Rajiv Ranjan, also referred to as Lalan Singh, responded to criticism over his comment throughout a roadshow for celebration candidate Anant Singh on Wednesday.He stated that solely part of the video had gone viral and that it was being shared out of context.“That is just one chunk of the video, it isn’t the whole video. Folks ought to watch the whole video. If an FIR has been registered, the whole video will probably be investigated. I will probably be questioned and I’ll reply. Your entire factor is recorded. RJD’s persons are routine of pulling up one chunk, making it viral, tweeting and deceptive…” Singh was quoted as saying by ANI. Addressing the video, which has now gone viral, Singh stated that in full context, he was urging villagers to face as much as native leaders who intimidate the poor.He added that such leaders must be escorted to the polling sales space to vote after which saved “inside their homes.”“If somebody sees the whole video, they’d discover RJD’s tweet deceptive. An RJD chief lives within the village from the place this video has come up. He threatens folks and scares them into not going to cubicles. I stated that if leaders threaten and scare the poor, folks of village ought to nook and lock them up. In the event that they (such leaders) wish to go and vote, take them to polling sales space and after that power them to remain inside their homes,” Singh added. The Union Minister additional pressured that he would respect the Election Fee of India’s choice if an FIR is filed underneath its directions.“There may be rule of legislation in Nitish Kumar’s rule. All of us respect legislation. So, if an FIR has been lodged towards me on the directions of EC, I respect it,” Singh stated. He added that defending and inspiring “poor” voters was his purpose, and pointed to comparable intimidation in wards 15–27 of Mokama Nagar Parishad.“No one can threaten the poor and get their votes. That is my full assertion from the rally in Shivnar. The identical day, on the election workplace in Mokama, I instructed the employees that in wards quantity 15-27 underneath Mokama Nagar Parishad, persons are threatening the poor for his or her votes…The Poor are our voters, voters of Nitish Kumar. Will we not shield and encourage our voters?” Singh stated. Earlier, a video of Lalan Singh’s marketing campaign circulated broadly on social media, exhibiting him allegedly instructing supporters to cease opposition leaders and candidates from leaving their properties to vote, even suggesting they be escorted to the polling sales space to forged their votes.This comes amid an FIR being filed towards Singh on Tuesday over a controversial assertion he made whereas campaigning for JD(U) candidate Anant Singh in Mokama on Monday.This incident provides to tensions round Anant Singh, a don-turned-politician and former MLA searching for to reclaim the Mokama seat. Singh and his associates, Manikant Thakur and Ranjeet Ram, had been arrested in reference to the homicide of Dularchand Yadav, a supporter of Jan Suraaj candidate Piyush Priyadarshi.Throughout a marketing campaign occasion, Lalan Singh defended Anant Singh, calling the homicide a “conspiracy” and saying he had cooperated with the police.