Police Personnel Among 4 Injured After Stage Collapses During PM Modi’s Roadshow In MP's Jabalpur

During PM Modi's Jabalpur rally, a stage collapsed, injuring four, including a police officer. The injured were taken to Victoria Hospital.

Around four people including one police personnel were injured on Sunday after a stage collapsed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally passed in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. The injured were taken to the Victoria Hospital, news agency ANI reported. This comes as PM Modi commenced the Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday with a roadshow in Jabalpur.

State minister minister Rakesh Singh visited the hospital to meet the injured. "Today's roadshow was over-crowded and there were so many people on the stage that they fell down. PM told me to go immediately and everyone should be taken care of properly. I have met all the injured and their families. Everyone is healthy, some are injured who after proper treatment have been sent to their homes," he told ANI.

Dilip Srivastava, Police officer, Jabalpur said, "After PM Modi's rally passed, a stage built near a showroom collapsed due to overcrowding. In this one police personnel and three other people have got injured. All of them have been sent to the Victoria Hospital, Jabalpur, for treatment", as quoted by ANI.

PM Modi's Roadshow In Jabalpur

PM Modi was accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state PWD minister Rakesh Singh, and the BJP's Jabalpur Lok Sabha candidate Ashish Dubey.

The roadshow commenced at around 6:30 pm from Shaheed Bhagat Singh crossing and concluded at Adi Shankaracharya crossing in the Gorakhpur locality around 7:15 pm. PM Modi, making his first visit to the state after the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls, along with Yadav and other party members, held the BJP's poll symbol 'lotus' as their saffron-coloured vehicle moved through the well-attended roadshow.

According to news agency PTI, a significant number of people lined up on either side of the route, capturing the moment by clicking photographs and shooting videos using their mobile phones. Many of them displayed placards with messages like 'Mera Ghar Modi Ka Ghar' and 'Mera Pariwar Modi Ka Pariwar,' highlighting a campaign initiated by the BJP to emphasize that the people of the country are Modi's family.

Tribal groups showcased various dances along the way, including the 'Badhai Nritya,' a traditional dance form of the state's Bundelkhand region performed during celebrations like marriages and childbirth.

Special arrangements were made to shower Modi with flowers as the roadshow passed through Gorakhpur market. Jabalpur falls within the Mahakoshal region of the state, which also includes Chhindwara, the only Lok Sabha seat that the BJP failed to win in the 2019 polls. The party swept the remaining 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh.

Jabalpur, along with Chhindwara, is scheduled to go to polls in the first phase on April 19, along with Sidhi, Shahdol (ST), Mandla (ST), and Balaghat.