A little before Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his speech earlier today, a rather unfortunate incident took place outside the venue, New York's Madison Square Garden. This was supposed to be a festive day, a sold-out welcome to the Prime Minister of India, but the event was marred by an undesirable incident. Rajdeep Sardesai, one of India's best known journalists, was involved in a fight with a member of the crowd outside.

Here is the video:


Here are pictures of the aftermath.

 

Here is what Rajdeep Sardesai said after the incident:

 

Twitter was divided on whether it was Rajdeep Sardesai who initiated it or someone from the crowd. First, those who stood up for Rajdeep:

 

 

 

 

There were those who saw the lighter side of things:





















 

Here is a longer video though still inconclusive as to who started it.