Boy who broke security cordon at PM roadshow says Modi is like god
Hubballi, Jan 13: A boy, who cut through the security cordon and tried to hand over a garland to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow here, on Friday said he is a "big fan" of Modi, who is "like god".
Class six student Kunal Dhongadi said he managed to squeeze himself between the barricade gap on Thursday and ran to garland Modi, realising that the PM's cavalcade will move away from the spot they were standing, without accepting it.
"I had gone to garland Modi, I had heard in the news that Modi ji would come, so I had pestered (at home) and had gone there with family members. Modi ji was moving in his car, we wanted my uncle's two-and-half year old kid dressed in RSS uniform to put a garland on him."
"But, he did not look at our side, realising that the car would move away, I myself ran with the garland squeezing in between the gap in the barricading," Kunal Dhongadi said, adding that all those standing along the route and the garland were already checked.
"I'm a big fan of Modi....he is a good man, like a god... I'm happy that I could take the garland to him and see him from very close proximity," he said.
The boy, who was seen rushing towards Prime Minister Modi's motorcade with a garland in hand, had managed to reach very close to him.
The Prime Minister extended his hand to accept the garland from above the car door but could not reach the boy. The Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel got hold of the garland before local police secured the boy and removed him from the scene. SPG passed on the boy's garland to the Prime Minister who then put it inside his vehicle.
The incident happened during a road show by the Prime Minister as he was reaching the venue for inaugurating the 26th National Youth Festival here.
PM Modi was standing on the 'running board' of his moving car and waving at an enthusiastic crowd that lined up the route in large numbers as he headed to Railway Sports Ground from the airport, when the incident occurred.
The boy was inquired along with family members on Thursday and were later let off by the police.
Kunal's grandfather, who had accompanied him said, Police inquired and did their job and left after realising it was an act of an innocent boy.
"Pralhad Joshi sir (Union Minister) and other senior BJP leaders asked us to cooperate with police inquiry and assured that nothing will happen as they are aware that we are loyal BJP and Modi supporters. We too cooperated as we know it is a matter related to the PM's security," he said.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
