Mumbai BJP distributes Modi masks to Dahi handi teams

Mumbai, 25 August 2013

The Mumbai BJP team led by Ashish Shelar, on Sunday distributed masks and t-shirts with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s picture on them to members of ‘dahi-handi’ festival teams. The Mumbai BJP also distributed insurance policies of Rs 1.5 lakh per person to around 30,000 members of 350 mandals, participating in the festival to be celebrated on Wednesday, when human pyramids are built by participants by climbing and standing over each other.

Addressing a gathering later, Shelar said that the country needs a “strong” leader like Modi to “save” the country.

“To save the country, a strong leader like Modi is needed and therefore we have unleashed Modi’s boys for the dahi handi, who will protect insecure women in Mumbai,” he said, referring to the gangrape of a 22-year-old female photojournalist two days ago.