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VIJAYAWADA: In what’s termed as a safety breach by means of the State BJP unit, a gaggle of Congress leaders launched black balloons into the air as a protest towards the seek advice from of High Minister Narendra Modi to the State with out gratifying the assurances he made ahead of the elections. Police, then again, mentioned there was once no safety breach and arrested 4 Congress leaders for the protest.
The AP Congress Committee (APCC) gave a decision to unencumber black balloons into the air as a mark of protest towards the failure of the Centre to meet the assurances made to the State all through Modi’s seek advice from to the State.
After completing his two-day seek advice from to Hyderabad, Narendra Modi arrived at Gannavaram airport within the morning the place Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Leader Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and different officers welcomed him grandly.
From there, the dignitaries had been intended to succeed in Amiram village close to Bhimavaram in Mi-17 choppers to participate within the a hundred and twenty fifth delivery anniversary celebrations of modern freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.
#WATCH | A Congress employee launched black balloons moments after PM Modi’s chopper took off, all through his seek advice from to Andhra Pradesh.
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Mins ahead of Modi’s arrival, Congress employees Sunkara Padmashree and two others had been noticed strolling towards the airport conserving placards and black balloons to level a protest towards BJP and Modi.
“Right away, we took 3 Congress leaders Sunkara Padmashree, Challa Savithri, and Kishore into our custody and booked them below sections 353, 341, 188, and 145 of IPC,” Krishna district SP P Jashuva informed TNIE.
Then again, every other leaders controlled to unencumber black balloons from the terrace of a development whilst the choppers wearing Modi and others took off.
Responding to this, BJP State president Somu Veerraju suspected a ‘larger conspiracy’ in the back of the discharge of balloons when 3 dignitaries together with the High Minister, Leader Minister, and Governor had been starting up and demanded an in depth probe into the incident. Veerraju mentioned he would hotel a grievance with the Union House Ministry.
In the meantime, Gannavaram police arrested 4 Congress leaders for liberating black balloons whilst a hunt is directly to nab someone else Rajiv Ratan who was once mentioned to be the mastermind in the back of the speculation of liberating balloons.
Although there was once no harm the incident caused panic because the balloons allegedly reached with reference to the chopper during which Narendra Modi and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had been travelling. “This can be considered as a breach of safety of the High Minister. The Particular Coverage Workforce (SPG), Intelligence, and different companies are probing how the Congress employees controlled to go into the premises the place the safety duvet was once in position,” mentioned a senior reliable.
Clarifying that there’s no breach of safety all through PM Modi’s seek advice from to Gannavaram airport, Krishna district Superintendent of Police Jashuva defined that two Congress leaders Rajeev Ratan and Ravi Prakash climbed an under-construction rental which is 4.6 kilometers clear of the airport and launched balloons 5 mins after the departure of High Minister.
“5 mins after Narendra Modi’s chopper took off from Gannavaram airport, at a spot named Soorampalli, 4.5 kilometers clear of the airport, Rajeev Ratan and Ravi Prakash climbed an under-construction rental and launched the balloons.
By the point they launched the balloons, the chopper attained most top and there aren’t any probabilities of balloons going with reference to the chopper and turning out a threat for VIPs,” he seen.
Whilst Ravi Prakash has been taken into custody, police groups shaped to track the absconding Rajeev Ratan. “The police are searching for him,” he mentioned including that 350 staff had been positioned for Narendra Modi’s safety and anti-domination groups had been deployed 3 kilometres across the airport to steer clear of any untoward incident.