A day after a video showing his apathy towards the disabled went viral, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mohammad Miya has now issued a statement on the controversy. The video shows Miya, a BJP leader from Amroha, shoving a stick inside the mouth of a disabled man when the latter was repeatedly chanting Akhilesh Yadav Zindabad. In the video, the victim can be heard shouting, Vote denge Akhilesh ko (will vote for Akhilesh) to which Miya says go away. Miya is also seen poking the man with the stick repeatedly, as well as shoving it in his mouth.