Technical Snag or Empty Ground: What Led to Amit Shah s Absence at Jhargram Rally?
The Union home minister blamed a helicopter malfunction for skipping the visit to a rally where the size of the crowd was not satisfactory. But the BJP s opponents need not take heart as the fear factor is high in Jhargram.
Amit Shah virtually addressing the rally in West Bengal s Jhargram. Photo: Video screengrab
Reportage15/Mar/2021
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday was scheduled to address a rally from the circus ground in West Bengal’s Jhargram district at 11 am. At 12:35 pm, the BJP media coordination team released a message saying that Shah would not be present at the event and would instead address the rally virtually owing to a “technical snag” that had developed in the BJP leaderâs helicopter.