Sultanpur : The acting chief medical superintendent of a government hospital here has been suspended and booked after a video showed him purportedly making an objectionable remark against the Uttar Pradesh government during an argument with political workers over hospital mismanagement, officials said on Tuesday.

The controversy was triggered on Saturday when members of several political parties reached the Birsinghpur Community Health Centre to raise concerns about the alleged lack of medicines and absentee doctors.

During the exchange, acting chief medical superintendent (CMS) Bhaskar Prasad allegedly told the complainants, “Don’t burn my effigy, burn the government’s effigy,” after they threatened to stage a protest against him and the chief medical officer.

A video clip of the purp

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