Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Roshan Lal Verma from Tilhar Assembly constituency here has once again come in the news for the wrong reason when he upset a doctor with his alleged misbehaviour, subsequently the local government doctor in the district hospital resigned from his post.

The doctor's move has prompted other government doctors to threaten en masse resignation if the MLA does not tender a written apology. Earlier, the state government faced embarrassment when a woman threatened to immolate herself along with her children if Mr Verma and his son, accused of raping the victim in 2012, were not arrested. According to fresh report here on Wednesday, senior eye specialist Dr AP Arya submitted his resignation to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) RP Rawat on January 29.

Asked about the incident, District Magistrate Amrit Tripathi said Dr Arya had met him. An inquiry will be ordered in the case, if the doctor lodges a written complaint. Dr Arya alleged that during a medical camp organised in Nigohi area, he had certified a person seeking government pension with 30 per cent vision impairment for issuing a disability certificate. But Verma, the BJP MLA from Tilhar, insisted upon him to prepare another certificate showing that the person has 40 per cent impairment, he said.

"As I refused to do the MLA's demand, he publicly ridiculed and misbehaved with me," Dr Arya alleged. The CMO Rawat said Arya has submitted his resignation saying he cannot work in the face of such public humiliation. Meanwhile, the members of the district unit of Provincial Medical Services Association, led by their district unit general secretary, Dr OP Gautam, held a meeting on January 30 and decided that all doctors would resign en masse if the MLA does not tender a written apology in three days.