Delhi minister Parvesh Verma slaps man filming him while inspecting broken road in west Delhi; AAP seeks action

The incident happened on Sunday afternoon. The video clip shows Jarnail Singh, accompanied by some supporters, complaining to the minister about the condition of a newly constructed road in the area. A youth who is recording the events on a cellphone is slapped by the minister, who is accompanied by security personnel. As protests erupt, Parvesh Sahib Singh is driven away.

Delhi minister Pravesh Verma slaps man after altercation over road quality

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The youth was later identified as Sahib Singh, 22. “I was doing a live video recording of the minister’s inspection on the directions of MLA Jarnail Singh,” he told The Indian Express. He said he was pursuing his graduation and has been associated with Jarnail Singh’s social media team for the past four years. “I never abused anyone, including the minister. You can clearly hear the entire conversation in the live video that I was recording on the Instagram account of Jarnail Singh,” he said.

In his video clip on X, Parvesh Sahib Singh alleged: “Work has been underway on Vikaspuri Ring Road for the last few days. The local MLA, Jarnail Singh, has been asking PWD officials to let him meet the contractor and get some commission from him”. He said the engineer was getting an FIR filed against the MLA.

“When I was passing through that road today, I told the engineers that I wanted to check the ongoing work. When I inspected the work, it turned out to be going well,” he said, adding that he also called up Jarnail Singh and waited for him for 45 minutes.

“I had not called BJP workers, but when Jarnail Singh reached there, he came with his party workers. He started saying disrespectful things the moment he came. His party workers started abusing my family. I did what any person would do in that moment of anger,” he said.

आज की घटना के पीछे की पूरी सच्चाई सुनिए…लेकिन जो हुआ वो नहीं होना चाहिए था । pic.twitter.com/qWnMkPQtnJ

— Parvesh Sahib Singh (@p_sahibsingh) September 27, 2026

The minister did not respond to phone calls or messages from The Indian Express.

Jarnail Singh said he would register a case against the minister and demanded action against him.

“We have received complaints from both sides and are probing the matter,” a senior police officer said.

Two separate complaints — one by a PWD assistant engineer and another by C P Arora Private Limited, the contractor executing the road work — have been submitted to the Tilak Nagar police station against Jarnail Singh. They have alleged that the MLA and his associates threatened, intimidated and obstructed officials and workers at the road construction site in Vikaspuri over the past four days.

Later in the evening, AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Kuldeep Kumar, accompanied by party supporters, reached Tilak Nagar and demanded the arrest of the minister and registration of an FIR. They also marched to the office of the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) in Janakpuri, where they were detained and taken to the Jafarpur Kalan police station in Outer Delhi.

Meanwhile, AAP leaders condemned the incident and demanded action against the minister. The party’s national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a post on X: “A minister of Modi ji slapped a young man publicly for exposing corruption in road construction. I will go to Tilak Nagar tomorrow and inspect this road.”

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also posted about the incident on X. “This is the face of a power that no longer fears the voters… These people do this because they no longer fear that elections can remove them. Vote theft buys this — not just the result, but the arrogance that follows. A government that takes victory for granted doesn’t need your consent — it demands your silence and blind devotion,” he said.