India, Jan. 30 -- Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Brijbhushan Singh Rajput and his supporters on Friday blocked the convoy of the state's jal shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Mahoba district's Sagar-Kanpur highway to draw his attention to alleged lapses in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission and the failure to restore roads after laying pipelines.

The incident took place when the minister was returning from an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) event at Ramshree Mahavidyalaya. Rajput, the Charkhari MLA, accompanied by gram pradhans and supporters, parked several SUVs across the highway, bringing the convoy to a standstill and causing significant traffic disruption.

The standoff escalated as Rajput's support...