Hoshiarpur: In a security breach, an unidentified man broke into the inner ring security of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tried to hug Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Hoshiarpur. He was later pulled away by the party workers walking around Rahul.
Inspector General of Police G S Dhillon said Rahul called the man and there was no security breach. Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring also said there was no breach of security and that the man was an overenthusiastic supporter of Gandhi.
"I have verified it. Rahul ji himself called him (the man) and then he tried to hug him (the Congress MP). After that (Amrinder Singh) Raja warring pushed him away as the yatra moves with a certain speed and it affects its movement," Dhillon told PTI, adding there was nothing to suggest that it was a security breach.
In the video, which was broadcast live in the party's social media handles, the man who was dressed in bright winter jacket ran into Rahul from the leader's right in a split second. He was seen attempting to hug Rahul with his arms open while the party workers surrounding them seen pulling him away and securing the leader.
Rahul kept walking when the stranger was being taken away by the party workers. Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party MP Rahul Gandhi resumed on the fifth day of it Punjab leg from Jhingar Kurd in Tanda area of Hoshiarpur on Tuesday. Several senior leaders of congress party including Warring, Harish Choudhary and Raj Kumar Chhabbewal were seen walking along with him. As per the schedule Congress Bharat jodo yatra will halt at Mukerian in Punjab tonight.
It is pertinent to note the Congress has already raised the security issue with the Centre regarding adequate security to Rahul while he the yatra was passing through Delhi. The Congress alleged the CRPF tasked with providing the inner cordon of Rahul Gandhi's Z plus category security of having lapses.
