Raising concerns about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's security, a man rushed towards him and tried to hug him during the Bhara Jodo Yatra in Punjab on Tuesday.
In a video of the incident, the man is seen rushing toward Rahul but he was stopped and pulled away by Congress leaders including Punjab unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. The Congress had last month written to Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging "security breaches" during the Yatra in the national capital and demanded immediate steps to ensure the security of Rahul and others taking part in the yatra. The Centre, however, denied the allegation and said that Rahul himself “violated security protocols” 113 times since 2020.
#WATCH | Punjab: A man tried to hug Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hoshiarpur, was later pulled away by workers.
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2023
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Rahul presently has Z+ category security cover.
The Yatra resumed from Tanda in Punjab Tuesday morning as part of its Punjab leg. The march will halt for the night at Mukerian.
The Punjab leg of the march began on Wednesday from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib. On Saturday, the march was suspended for 24 hours in view of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary death. The MP had suffered a cardiac arrest during the yatra. The march resumed on Sunday afternoon in Jalandhar.
-with PTI inputs
