9 pm 9 minutes: BJP’s women wing district president fires in the air in Balrampur, UP, FIR filed
The Balrampur Police has filed an FIR against Manju Tiwari.
महोदय , उक्त प्रकरण के सम्बन्ध में थाना को0नगर #बलरामपुर में अभियोग पंजीकृत कर अन्य विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है । @Uppolice
— BALRAMPUR POLICE (@balrampurpolice) April 6, 2020
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, lakhs of Indians lit lamps, candles, and even torches in their balconies on Sunday night. Many went a step ahead and burst firecrackers and chanted slogans like “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Jai Shri Ram”.
Manju Tiwari, the district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s women wing in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, took things a bit too far by firing a gun in the air.
A video of Tiwari indulging in celebratory firing during the “9 pm 9 minutes” appeal by Modi spread on social media, earning her an FIR from Balrampur Police.
Tiwari was later suspended by the BJP for indiscipline, news agency ANI reported.
BJP suspends Manju Tiwari, president of Balrampur unit of BJP Mahila Morcha, for indiscipline. She has been booked for firing in the air at around 9 PM yesterday. https://t.co/bQz8wHwojN
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 6, 2020