Mumbai: In a major security breach during the Maharashtra government’s swearing-in ceremony last week, a self-proclaimed member of BJP Mumbai’s Bihar cell, shared the dais with the senior leaders of the party.
The intruder Anil Mishra met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and clicked photographs with him. He also met BJP President Amit Shah and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis among others who were present at the event. He even managed to get on to the stage at the time of the swearing-in ceremony.
The Mumbai Police has uncovered that Mishra’s name was neither mentioned on the list of people allowed on the dais nor on the VVIPs list. An entry pass had also not been issued to him. Taking cognisance into the matter, the police is trying to find out how the man managed to get in the VVIP zone.
“It was brought to our notice that one Anil Mishra, said to be a BJP activist, breached the tight security and reached the dais where Modi ji was sitting along with other dignitaries, without any valid pass,” a senior police officer said.
Besides Modi, several top leaders, including BJP president Amit Shah, party patriarch L K Advani, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, several Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states and those governed by its alliance partners were present at the high-profile event. The grand swearing-in ceremony was organised inside Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai on October 31.Â