India, Oct. 31 -- A celebration honouring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary turned tense in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday when BJP MP Ganesh Singh slapped a municipal crane operator.

According to an NDTV report, the incident took place at the city's Semriya Chowk, during a 'Run for Unity' event organised to mark the day.

Videos shared on social media showed that MP was in a hydraulic crane to garland the Ambedkar statue. However, while descending, the machine jolted and stopped mid-air for a few seconds.

After descending, the visibly angry lawmaker called the operator, who has been identified as Ganesh Kushwaha, and slapped him publicly.

Eyewitnesses quoted by NDTV said that the machine jerked due to a minor technical fa...