#Poha trends on twitter as BJP leader suspects nationality of workers over eating habits
Indore (MP), Jan 24: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Thursday that he suspected that there were some Bangladeshis among construction labourers who worked at his house recently.
Their "strange" eating habits aroused suspicion about their nationality, the BJP general secretary said at a seminar in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) here.
When a new room was being added at his house recently, he found "eating habits" of some of the workers "strange" as "they were eating only `poha' (flattened rice)", he said.
After talking to their supervisor and the building contractor, he suspected that these workers were from Bangladesh, the BJP leader said.
When reporters questioned him later, Vijayvargiya said, "I suspected these workers were residents of Bangladesh.
Two days after I became suspicious, they stopped working at my house.
"I have not filed any police complaint yet. I only mentioned this incident to warn people," he said.
Speaking at the seminar, Vijayvargiya also claimed that a Bangladeshi terrorist was keeping a watch on him for the last one and a half years.
"Whenever I go out, six armed security personnel follow me. What is happening in this country? Will outside people enter and spread so much terror?" he asked.
"Don't get confused by rumours. The CAA is in the interest of the country. This law will provide asylum to genuine refugees and identify intruders who are a threat to the country's internal security," he said.
BJP leader and Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday termed as a "non-issue" the row triggered by his party colleague Kailash Vijayvargiya's comments that he suspected some labourers working at his home to be Bangladeshis as they ate only poha.
Asked about the BJP general secretary's comments, which have drawn flak from several quarters, Javadekar told reporters here, "I also eat Poha and serve it to you (journalists). So its a non-issue".
While some twitterati trolled BJP leader Vijayavargiya for his suspects on nationality of labours over eating habits.
Poha is a common dish prepared with pounded rice (Chiwra) which is quite popular in some regions, including in Vijayvargiya's home town Indore.
If eating poha is the criteria, my dad will be an illegal immigrant every day
— Teju (@tejujoshi31) January 24, 2020
If not Poha, what else you expect labourers to bring with them - Butter chicken?
— Ravinder Singh (@_RavinderSingh_) January 24, 2020
Really strange that construction workers in Indore were consuming Poha - a staple & cheap food of Madhya Pradesh -easily available too -
— Yasmin Kidwai (@YasminKidwai) January 24, 2020
and then we wonder what happened to the Indian growth story - https://t.co/sZhG9od7Uu
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya says some of the labourers carrying out construction work at his house recently were likely to be Bangladeshis as they had "strange" eating habits and were consuming only 'poha' (flattened rice)
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 23, 2020
This means you are not paying them well, they could only afford 'poha.' It might sound strange to you,but in Bengal, we don't call it poha! https://t.co/MNyHuxzq5k
— vijaita singh (@vijaita) January 24, 2020
Caught: Some Bangladeshis eating #Poha and jalebi @KailashOnline #Poha pic.twitter.com/5HdZkQTIZC
— Md abunasar alam (@Mdabunasaralam6) January 24, 2020
Thank u @KailashOnline for exposing this Poha eating Bangladeshi worker named @narendramodi who was pretending to be an Indian citizen and got employed as Prime Minister of India. Shame on him.#gobackmodi#Poha #KailashVijayvargiya #NarendraModi pic.twitter.com/FE5QWhD5H6
— Vinay Kumar Dokania?? | विनय कुमार डोकानिया (@VinayDokania) January 24, 2020
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Pune airport runway restored after IAF aircraft snag; ops resume
Pune (PTI): The runway at Pune airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational, the Air Force said on Saturday.
The authorities at the Pune International Airport had earlier said that around 10.25 pm on Friday, a fighter aircraft experienced an undercarriage failure during landing, causing the runway to be blocked.
As many as 91 flights of airlines, including IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, Akasa, and Air India Express, were affected due to the incident, they said.
Earlier on Friday night, the Air Force had stated that the runway at Pune airport was temporarily unavailable following an incident involving one of its fighter aircraft. The aircrew are safe, and there is no damage to civil property, it had said.
"The runway at Pune Airport, which was temporarily unavailable due to an incident involving an Indian Air Force aircraft, has now been restored and declared operational. All necessary safety inspections and clearances have been completed. Operations are resuming in a phased manner," it said in a post on X.
Flight operations at Pune airport are being gradually restored. The situation has been brought under control with the highest priority given to the safety of citizens, a Defence PRO said.
