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In a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi, Radadiya claimed
that the entire CCTV footage of the episode was not produced
before police and media to show what forced him to take out
the gun that he kept for his "personal safety".
The Lok Sabha MP told TOI that he wrote to the Congress chief
since there were many such instances of toll plaza employees
ill-treating MPs and other people who are exempted from
paying toll. "In most cases, toll plazas are managed by
ignorant and less educated people, who can't even read
English and the identity cards. Main operators are subletting
these facilities on commission basis and also deploy bouncers
to harass commuters. That's why I have requested
investigation into operation of all toll plazas across the
country," he said.
Radadiya said he had also sent copies of his letter to
highways minister C P Joshi and his deputy Tushar Chaudhry
since these issues were dealt by the surface transport
ministry.
Asked whether his letter to Sonia was aimed at silencing his
critics within the state Congress unit, the MP said, "Since
many MPs might have faced such a situation where toll plaza
employees either misbehaved or argued with them, she should
also be apprised of the problem. We are not taking any undue
benefit since MPs are entitled to free passage through all
NHAI toll plazas."
Recalling the episode at a toll booth near Karjan in Vadodara
district, Radadiya claimed that he was sleeping in his car
when it reached the plaza. His driver went to the toll gate
and even showed the MP's identity card. But the staff did not
accept this.
