In an embarrassment for the BJP leadership, a controversy was created following its Rajkot candidate Mohan Kundaria’s act of walking over the students during a yoga camp.
In fact, the incident came into light following a video — showing six-feet-tall Kundaria walking over back and stomach of the students who were bent on their knees — got viral on social media.Kundaria who is also a sitting BJP MlA from Tankara Assembly constituency was invited for a function as a guest by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Updeshak Vidyalaya in Takara town near newly carved Morbi district nearly 60 km from Rajkot.
Under pressure by the controversy, Kundaria tendered his apology and said that he did the act on the insistence of students who wanted show their physical strength acquired through yoga. The 62-year-old BJP leader said that his intension was not to hurt sentiments.
Even students who performed their strength during the function gave their statements before the media that they insisted the Rajkot lok Sabha candidate. Gujarat BJP general secretary Vijay Rupani also came to ‘rescue operation’ and said that he did it after repeated requests from the student.