Bareilly: Claiming that she and her husband faced an imminent death threat from her father, Sakshi Misra, daughter of BJP's Bareilly MLA Rajesh Misra, released a video appealing to the police department for protection.
In the clip, Sakshi asserted that she had married a Dalit youth - Ajitesh Kumar on July 4, against the wishes of her family.
"My father will kill me and my husband if he finds us. He cannot tolerate his daughter marrying a boy from a Dalit family," Sakshi said.
"My father's men are trying to track us," she added.
The couple were seen appealing to the police (in the video) to provide them protection.
However, reacting to the daughter's claims, Rajesh Misra said, "My daughter is an adult, and she can take her own decisions."
He further added that she (Sakshi) was not threatened by him nor any of their family members, in a bid to clarify his stand.
