‘Walk of shame’ embarrasses BJP in Gujarat

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‘Walk of shame’ embarrasses BJP in Gujarat

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat was on Monday wriggling with embarrassment after a video showing its Rajkot Lok Sabha candidate walking over a group of young students to test their yoga skills went viral on mobile phone messaging application WhatsApp.

By Mahesh Trivedi

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Published: Wed 26 Mar 2014, 12:03 AM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 5:51 PM

Mohan Kundaria, however, told journalists that the organisers wanted to demonstrate before him the mental and physical strength that could be achieved through yoga and forced him to do the stunt on the teenagers’ back and neck. The video shot on Sunday during a yoga camp organised by the local Arya Samaj on the premises of a popular temple also shows the politician’s supporters waving tricolour and saffron flags.

The boys who formed the human bridge during the demonstration belonged to Rajkot’s Sanskriti Pathshala Vidyalaya where Kundaria had studied and hence had been invited to the function as the chief guest.

The students said they had made themselves stronger and braver after several years of training in yoga.

mahesh@khaleejtimes.com


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