An old video of the former Gujarat DGP fainting while Narendra Modi was speaking is going viral again.
New Delhi: A 2013 video of a man fainting on stage while the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was giving a speech is doing the rounds, claiming that the Prime Minister ignored the ‘dying’ man.
Posts accompanying the video claim that the man behind Modi was assigned to guard him, and that he suffered a heart attack and died while the Prime Minister continued to deliver his speech.
However, the man behind was neither part of Modi’s security detail, and nor did he die of a heart attack.
Amitabh Pathak, the then Director General of Police in Gujarat, felt weak and fainted on stage while Modi was delivering his Independence Day speech in Bhuj in 2013. He was given immediate medical at the venue. Incidentally, Pathak died while vacationing with his family a week later in Thailand.
The posts also compare Modi’s reaction to the DGP fainting, to how other world leaders responded to similar incidents.
“See how the two reacted — shows the desire for raw animal power and everything and we Indians will not learn,” a Facebook post with over 15,000 shares states.
Another tweet by Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden, Ashok Swain, said, “Can any other world leader be so heartless? This is the New India!”
The original video has been edited to look recent, with a caption that says: “Koi marta rahein phark nahin padta, Modiji toh bhaashan detein rahenge.” (It doesn’t matter if someone is dying, Modiji will continue to give his speech.)
The post went viral on Facebook with over 15,000 shares, and has been retweeted and liked over 500 times on Twitter.
On Twitter, the video itself has been watched nearly 8,000 times.