[So you can't really go public. That's still a no-no.] I/III. http://www.rediff.com/news/report/modi-in-us-upset-with-fans-over-attack-on-rajdeep-sardesai/20140930.htm
Modi upset over attack on Rajdeep Sardesai Last updated on: September 30, 2014 14:34 IST Modi's friend, billionaire Gautam Adani, called Sardesai and delivered a personal message from the prime minister. Image: Rajdeep Sardesai being confronted by the hecklers. Photograph: Suman Guha Mozumder/Rediff.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept silent over rowdy elements within his Bharatiya Janata Party, and among his fans. But Sunday's incident at the Madison Square Garden in New York when journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was abused and manhandled, forced the prime minister to react. Modi's friend, billionaire Gautam Adani, called Sardesai and delivered a personal message from the prime minister, stating that Modi was upset over the incident. Sardesai was abused by a small group of Modi fans and then manhandled moments before the grand event to honour the prime minister commenced at the Madison Square Garden. Sardesai recently joined Headlines Today as a consultant editor after parting ways with CNN-IBN. Things were fine initially. Those who recognised Sardesai took scores of selfies with the television celebrity near New York's Penn station. Suddenly, Sardesai was hit on the back by someone to which he objected. A small group of people then started abusing him and reportedly told him that he should migrate to Pakistan along with his wife, journalist Sagarika Ghose and his children. Sardesai objected strongly to this, especially when his children were abused. He took on the guy threatening him. Unfortunately, the man who hit Rajdeep was not shot on camera, but subsequent events have been recorded. Many believe it is time Modi speaks out against such incidents where over-enthusiastic fans have gone berserk. In recent months, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and then Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chauhan were hooted in the prime minister's presence. Suman Guha Mozumdar/Rediff.com adds from New York: A small group of people, some of them dressed in saffron, started yelling at journalist Rajdeep Sardesai outside the Madison Square Garden, the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's community reception on Sunday morning as he stood there with his television crew. Sardesai, who was standing close to the entrance of the Madison Square Garden, was also pushed around by some people before others intervened. It was not clear what triggered off the incident. "The prime minister will not be very happy when he comes to know about what you guys are doing today. I am an Indian too and here to cover our prime minister's visit," Sardesai told the people trying to rough him up. "I think these people still hold a grudge over my reporting after the 2002 riots," Sardesai told this correspondent who was present at the scene. Some presumably Modi supporters also made disparaging remarks about a group of protestors gathered under the banner Alliance for Justice and Accountability opposite the main entrance of the Madison Square Garden on Seventh Avenue. Holding banners and buntings, the AJA raised anti-Modi slogans, protesting his alleged divisive agenda. "The humans are standing on this side of the street and the dogs are on the other side," one person was overheard as saying. II/III. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ny-diary-sardesai-roughed-up-adani-appears/ NY Diary: Sardesai roughed up, Adani appears Written by Ritu Sarin | Posted: September 29, 2014 1:37 am | Updated: September 29, 2014 1:49 am Mob rules CONSULTING editor of India Today group Rajdeep Sardesai was Sunday roughed up, apparently by pro-Modi supporters, outside the Madison Square Garden, shortly before the Prime Minister's address. The news created a buzz on social networking site Twitter after @JFK_America posted, "Mob of people attacking an Indian journalist for being critical of Modi on the past. Accused of being a traitor." Sardesai tweeted, "Great crowd at Modison square garden! except a few idiots who still believe abuse is a way of proving their machismo! (sic)." He added, "Glad we caught the idiots on cam. Only way to shame the mob is to show them". Sardesai also posted, "Great publicity for my book. All those who took selfies have promised to buy it!" The small video of him being manhandled hit YouTube and was shared numerous times on Twitter. Adani appears SPOTTED among those frequently going up from the foyer of the New York Palace Hotel to the floor where the Prime Minister and his delegation are staying, was businessman Gautam Adani, who also heard Narendra Modi's address to the UNGA. Adani told The Indian Express that RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani too was expected in New York, and that both of them would attend the business conclave at which top American CEOs would be present. Snipped III. http://www.veooz.com/news/JHWrbN~.html Gautam Adani denies speaking on behalf of PM Narendra Modi to journalist Rajdeep Sardesai Economic Times ยท 2 hrs ago Summary Adani told ET from Washington DC that he had "bumped into" Sardesai at a restaurant in DC where I asked him about the incident and said "no leader would support such behaviour. And Modi is no exception." -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
